Articles filed under Political Figures
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Send in the clowns: Blagojevich plays to cheap seats in 'media circus'Jan 26, 2009 10:00 pm - It's only January, but Whoopi Goldberg of "The View" got off what is likely to be the understatement of the year when she told Gov. Rod Blagojevich Monday, "This is turn...
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Cost of governor's trip? At least he didn't take state planeJan 26, 2009 10:00 pm - If taxpayers are on the hook for any of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's New York City media blitz Monday, it at least won't be for his transportation. Paris Irvin, spokeswoman fo...
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Time to end the state's 'nightmare'Jan 26, 2009 10:00 pm - Instead of comparing himself to Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela or Martin Luther King Jr., Rod Blagojevich should be trying to emulate Richard Nixon. When it was clear hi...
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Senator Oprah? Blagojevich takes on the talk showsJan 26, 2009 10:00 pm - Embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich appeared on four national TV shows Monday in his public campaign to discredit the impeachment process against him and raise his tanking im...
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Who's who in the impeachment trial of Gov. BlagojevichJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The cast of characters in the Senate's impeachment trial of Gov. Rod Blagojevich are well-known players in the marble halls of the state Capitol, but they ...
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Governor's impeachment trial a first for IllinoisJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Moments after President Barack Obama finished his landmark inauguration speech, the masses on the National Mall turned and began making their way home. In t...
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Images of Blago on 'View', 'GMA'Jan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - ...
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Governor's historic impeachment trial beginsJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The first impeachment of a governor in the history of Illinois began at high noon today with the chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court taking contro...
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Canadian supplier drops drug-import planJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Canadian supplier of low-cost drugs to Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's much-hyped but illegal drug-import program has dropped out, bemoaning the state...
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Blago says 'the fix is in,' as he makes the talk-show roundsJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Twice confronted with his own damning words allegedly caught on federal wiretaps, Gov. Rod Blagojevich refused to explain on national TV Monday morning why he called a U...