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Feb 12, 2010

Dick Durbin Joins the Anti-D.C. Fray

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) First it was Chris Matthews. Then Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) and Rep. Mike McMahon (D-NY). And now we find Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) joining the ranks of those who just can’t wait to tell us what a bunch of pussies we are for not having trekked ten miles uphill both ways in the snow to get to and from work this week, just like he used to way back when….

Dec 09, 2008

Blagojevich Considered U.S. Senate a Good Refuge From Prosecution

Like everyone else, we’ve spent the morning pouring over the scintillating federal complaint [PDF] against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was arrested this morning, along with his close aide John Harris, on charges of attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by President-Elect Barack Obama to the highest bidder, and attempting to use his office to influence the Chicago Tribune’s Editorial Board. Read all 78 pages if you have the time, but here…

 
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