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Ill. Gov. arrested in Obama successor probe
By MIKE ROBINSON, Associated Press Writer
CHICAGO – Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested on Tuesday on charges that he brazenly conspired to sell or trade the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by President-elect Barack Obama to the highest bidder.
Blagojevich also was charged with illegally threatening to withhold state assistance to Tribune Co., the owner of the Chicago Tribune, in the sale of Wrigley Field, according to a federal criminal complaint. In return for state assistance, Blagojevich allegedly wanted members of the paper's editorial board who had been critical of him fired.
A 76-page FBI affidavit said the 51-year-old Democratic governor was intercepted on court-authorized wiretaps over the last month conspiring to sell or trade the vacant Senate seat for personal benefits for himself and his wife, Patti.
Otherwise, Blagojevich considered appointing himself. The affidavit said that as late as Nov. 3, he told his deputy governor that if "they're not going to offer me anything of value I might as well take it."
"I'm going to keep this Senate option for me a real possibility, you know, and therefore I can drive a hard bargain," Blagojevich allegedly said later that day, according to the affidavit, which also quoted him as saying in a remark punctuated by profanity that the seat was "a valuable thing — you just don't give it away for nothing."
The affidavit said Blagojevich also discussed getting a substantial salary for himself at a nonprofit foundation or an organization affiliated with labor unions.
It said Blagojevich also talked about getting his wife placed on corporate boards where she might get $150,000 a year in director's fees.
He also allegedly discussed getting campaign funds for himself or possibly a post in the president's cabinet or an ambassadorship once he left the governor's office. He noted becoming a U.S. senator might remake his image for a possible presidential run in 2016, according to the affidavit. And he allegedly said a Senate seat would also provide him with corporate contacts if he needed a job and present an opportunity for his wife to work as a lobbyist.
"I want to make money," the affidavit quotes him as saying in one conversation.
The affidavit said Blagojevich expressed frustration at being "stuck" as governor and that he would have access to greater resources if he were indicted while in the U.S. Senate than while sitting as governor.
U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald said in a statement that "the breadth of corruption laid out in these charges is staggering."
"They allege that Blagojevich put a for sale sign on the naming of a United States senator," Fitzgerald said."
Messages left for Blagojevich spokesman Lucio Guerrero and at the governor's press office were not immediately returned Tuesday morning.
Among those being considered for the Senate post include U.S. Reps. Danny Davis and Jesse Jackson Jr.
The affidavit outlined a Nov. 10 call between Blagojevich, his wife, his chief of staff — John Harris, who also was arrested Tuesday — and a group of advisers in which Harris allegedly suggested working out an agreement with the Service Employees International Union.
Under the plan, Blagojevich would appoint a new senator who would be helpful to the president-elect and in turn get a job as head of Change to Win, a group formed by the union. The union would get an unspecified favor from Obama later.
Nothing in the court papers suggested Obama had any part in the discussion. In fact, Blagojevich allegedly said in the same conversation that Obama most likely would not appoint him as secretary of health and human services or to an ambassadorship because of the negative publicity that has surrounded the governor for three years.
One day later, according to the affidavit, Blagojevich allegedly told an associate he knew Obama wanted a specific Senate candidate but "they're not going to give me anything except appreciation." He finished the remark with an expletive.
Blagojevich also was charged with using his authority as governor in an attempt to squeeze out campaign contributions.
Corruption in the Blagojevich administration has been the focus of a federal investigation involving an alleged $7 million scheme aimed at squeezing kickbacks out of companies seeking business from the state. Federal prosecutors have acknowledged they're also investigating "serious allegations of endemic hiring fraud" under Blagojevich, who has a $177,412 salary, though it's unclear whether he accepts the total.
Political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko who raised money for the campaigns of both Blagojevich and Obama is awaiting sentencing after being convicted of fraud and other charges. Blagojevich's chief fundraiser, Christopher G. Kelly, is due to stand trial early next year on charges of obstructing the Internal Revenue Service.
According to Tuesday's complaint, Blagojevich schemed with Rezko, millionaire-fundraiser turned federal witness Stuart Levine and others to get financial benefits for himself and his campaign committee.
Federal prosecutors said Blagojevich and the chairman of his campaign committee have been speeding up corrupt fundraising activities in the last month to get as much money as possible before the end of the year when a new law would curtail his ability to raise contributions from companies with state contracts worth more than $50,000.
According to the affidavit, agents learned Blagojevich was seeking $2.5 million in campaign contributions by the end of the year, with a large part allegedly to come from companies and individuals who have gotten state contracts or appointments.
The affidavit also outlines Blagojevich conversations related to Tribune Co., which has been hoping to sell Wrigley Field, the home of the Chicago Cubs which the publishing giant also owns.
Blagojevich was quoted in court papers as telling Harris in a profanity laced Nov. 4 conversation that his recommendation to Tribune executives was to fire the editorial writers "and get us some editorial support."
Harris is quoted as telling the governor Nov. 11 that an unnamed Tribune Owner, presumably CEO Sam Zell, "got the message and is very sensitive to the issue."
The affidavit said Harris quoted a Tribune financial adviser as saying cuts were coming at the newspaper and "reading between the lines he's going after that section," apparently meaning editorial writers. Blagojevich is quoted as saying: "Oh, that's fantastic."
"Wow," Blagojevich allegedly replied. "Keep our fingers crossed. You're the man. Good job, John."
Harris allegedly told Blagojevich in his conversation with the financial adviser he had singled out deputy editorial page editor John McCormick as "somebody who was the most biased and unfair."
After hearing that, Blagojevich allegedly stressed to the head of a Chicago sports consulting firm that it was important to provide state aid for a Wrigley Field sale.
Blagojevich took the chief executive's office in 2003 as a reformer promising to clean up former Gov. George Ryan's mess.
Ryan, a Republican, is serving a 6-year prison sentence after being convicted on racketeering and fraud charges. A decade-long investigation began with the sale of driver's licenses for bribes and led to the conviction of dozens of people who worked for Ryan when he was secretary of state and governor.
FBI spokesman Frank Bochte said federal agents arrested the governor and Harris simultaneously at their homes at 6:15 a.m. and took them to the Chicago FBI headquarters.
He did not have any details about Blagojevich's arrest, only that he was cooperative with federal agents.
"It was a very calm setting," he said.
The governor was to appear later Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan to answer the charges. The time was not immediately set.
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Associated Press Writer Don Babwin contributed to this report.
Is Obama a Rat? Did He Tell on Blagojevich?
No one likes a rat. This report implies that Obama knew about Blagojevich's corruption and may have sold him out.From Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton issued the following statement today in response to the arrest of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich:
"There has been an air of lawlessness around Governor Blagojevich for some time and Judicial Watch applauds More..U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald for his actions.
"Blagojevich's corruption is no surprise, but its breadth and depravity is shocking. The alleged efforts to sell the Senate seat of Barack Obama are outrageous, but also seem to implicate many other powerful politicians and political players. Especially disturbing are the questions the scandal raises about Barack Obama and his close associates.
"This is a burgeoning crisis for Obama that should shake his presidency to its core.
"The criminal complaint filed today indicates that Obama and his team knew about Blagojevich's efforts to sell Obama's Senate seat. ("Tony" Rezko, Obama friend, fundraiser and real estate partner, is once again implicated in the corrupt activities exposed today.)
"Did Obama report Blagojevich to investigators about any efforts to sell his Senate seat?"
Judicial Watch has been investigating Rod Blagojevich for over two years and has ongoing open records litigation concerning the sale of government jobs for which he was arrested today. Blagojevich has stonewalled and refused to turn over documents to Judicial Watch that could have alerted the American people to his corruption.
Source:
http://thebigfeed. blogspot. com/2008/12/blagojevich-arrest-shakes-...
3 ex-Ill. governors have served time since 1970s
Three former Illinois governors have gone to prison in the past 35 years.
_Otto Kerner, a Democrat who was governor from 1961 to 1968, served less than a year of a three-year sentence after his 1973 conviction on bribery, tax evasion and other counts. He was convicted of arranging favorable horse racing dates as governor in return for getting horse racing association stock at reduced prices. Kerner died in 1976.
_Dan Walker, a Democrat who was governor from 1973 to 1977, served 1 1/2 years of a seven-year sentence after pleading guilty in 1987 to bank fraud, misapplication of funds and perjury. The charges were not related to his service as governor.
_George Ryan, a Republican who was governor from 1999 to 2003, was convicted of corruption in 2006 for steering state contracts and leases to political insiders while he was Illinois secretary of state and then governor. He is serving a 6 1/2-year prison term.
In addition, William Stratton, governor from 1953-1961, was later indicted but was acquitted on charges of income tax evasion.
Clinton Seat Up For Grabs
Wanted: NY senator with smarts, good upstate map
By MICHAEL HILL, Associated Press Writer
ALBANY, N.Y. – The politician picked to succeed U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will need more than policy smarts. Enthusiasm for visits to Buffalo and Chemung County will be important, too.
Clinton and New York's senior senator, Charles Schumer, have been aggressively riding the upstate circuit for so many years that senatorial visits are now the norm from the Southern Tier to the North Country. It's not enough for New York senators to talk about dairy issues, they are expected to visit the farm.
"I think it means a lot to people. In fact, Schumer and Clinton have set a standard that others will be held against," said Bob Grady, editor of the Press-Republican of Plattsburgh, near the Canadian border. "And if they don't, they'll hear about it."
Clinton is expected to switch her attention from Watertown to Waziristan next year as President-elect Barack Obama's secretary of state. Fellow Democrat Gov. David Paterson will pick her successor. If he chooses someone from downstate, like Caroline Kennedy or Rep. Carolyn Maloney, the onus will be on the new senator to not only find Elmira on the map, but to stop by occasionally.
Lee Miringoff of the Marist Poll notes that upstate New York, once reliably safe Republican territory, has become more competitive for Democrats in recent years.
That explains why Democrats like Schumer (New York City), Clinton (Westchester County) and her presumably Democratic successor would be especially attentive to upstate voters.
Frequent visits can defuse resentments among upstate voters who might think they are being neglected. And they help senators avoid the stigma of being an out-of-touch city slicker. In one cautionary incident reported by The New Republic in 1994, Republican lieutenant governor candidate Elizabeth McCaughey asked what was planted in a field passing by her car window in western New York. "I've never seen that before," she reportedly said.
She was told it was corn.
Long Island-bred former Sen. Alfonse D'Amato made a point of rubbing shoulders with upstate voters, a habit that contrasted with the more intellectual and aloof late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan. But it was the man who defeated D'Amato, Schumer, who set the standard for upstate barnstorming.
Schumer has visited all 62 counties in New York every year since being elected to the Senate in 1998, even as his responsibilities in Washington have grown. The only counties left on his list this year are Madison and Schenectady (he is scheduled to visit both before year's end).
Clinton followed Schumer's playbook from the get-go, launching her maiden Senate campaign with an announcement at Moynihan's upstate farm followed by her now-famous listening tour. After taking office in 2001, she frequently visited apple orchards and little towns in all corners of New York. Along with her work on Iraq and homeland security, she made efforts to get Finger Lakes Rieslings served in Manhattan restaurants.
The work paid off. Tarred as a carpetbagger when she originally ran for the Senate, she leaves office a popular politician upstate. "She delivered," the Daily Freeman of Kingston editorialized on Dec. 4.
It's possible Paterson will pick a non-downstate senator, which would be a novelty. Moynihan, a Washington veteran who was raised in New York City, listed his Delaware County farm as his home. A stronger upstate claim might be made for Jamestown-bred Charles Goodell, who was appointed in 1968 to fill the unexpired term of Robert F. Kennedy. Goodell lost an election in 1970.
Caroline Kennedy is just one of the names being floated as Clinton successors; there are plenty of others. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is widely known in the state. Paterson could also pick Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown or Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi. There are also several House members in the running.
The frequent flier mandate is likely to continue no matter who is appointed, especially since the appointee will face the electorate in their second year on the job.
"They're going to have start thinking 2010 right off the bat," Miringoff said.
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By MIKE ROBINSON, Associated Press Writer
CHICAGO – Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested on Tuesday on charges that he brazenly conspired to sell or trade the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by President-elect Barack Obama to the highest bidder.
Blagojevich also was charged with illegally threatening to withhold state assistance to Tribune Co., the owner of the Chicago Tribune, in the sale of Wrigley Field, according to a federal criminal complaint. In return for state assistance, Blagojevich allegedly wanted members of the paper's editorial board who had been critical of him fired.
A 76-page FBI affidavit said the 51-year-old Democratic governor was intercepted on court-authorized wiretaps over the last month conspiring to sell or trade the vacant Senate seat for personal benefits for himself and his wife, Patti.
Otherwise, Blagojevich considered appointing himself. The affidavit said that as late as Nov. 3, he told his deputy governor that if "they're not going to offer me anything of value I might as well take it."
"I'm going to keep this Senate option for me a real possibility, you know, and therefore I can drive a hard bargain," Blagojevich allegedly said later that day, according to the affidavit, which also quoted him as saying in a remark punctuated by profanity that the seat was "a valuable thing — you just don't give it away for nothing."
The affidavit said Blagojevich also discussed getting a substantial salary for himself at a nonprofit foundation or an organization affiliated with labor unions.
It said Blagojevich also talked about getting his wife placed on corporate boards where she might get $150,000 a year in director's fees.
He also allegedly discussed getting campaign funds for himself or possibly a post in the president's cabinet or an ambassadorship once he left the governor's office. He noted becoming a U.S. senator might remake his image for a possible presidential run in 2016, according to the affidavit. And he allegedly said a Senate seat would also provide him with corporate contacts if he needed a job and present an opportunity for his wife to work as a lobbyist.
"I want to make money," the affidavit quotes him as saying in one conversation.
The affidavit said Blagojevich expressed frustration at being "stuck" as governor and that he would have access to greater resources if he were indicted while in the U.S. Senate than while sitting as governor.
U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald said in a statement that "the breadth of corruption laid out in these charges is staggering."
"They allege that Blagojevich put a for sale sign on the naming of a United States senator," Fitzgerald said."
Messages left for Blagojevich spokesman Lucio Guerrero and at the governor's press office were not immediately returned Tuesday morning.
Among those being considered for the Senate post include U.S. Reps. Danny Davis and Jesse Jackson Jr.
The affidavit outlined a Nov. 10 call between Blagojevich, his wife, his chief of staff — John Harris, who also was arrested Tuesday — and a group of advisers in which Harris allegedly suggested working out an agreement with the Service Employees International Union.
Under the plan, Blagojevich would appoint a new senator who would be helpful to the president-elect and in turn get a job as head of Change to Win, a group formed by the union. The union would get an unspecified favor from Obama later.
Nothing in the court papers suggested Obama had any part in the discussion. In fact, Blagojevich allegedly said in the same conversation that Obama most likely would not appoint him as secretary of health and human services or to an ambassadorship because of the negative publicity that has surrounded the governor for three years.
One day later, according to the affidavit, Blagojevich allegedly told an associate he knew Obama wanted a specific Senate candidate but "they're not going to give me anything except appreciation." He finished the remark with an expletive.
Blagojevich also was charged with using his authority as governor in an attempt to squeeze out campaign contributions.
Corruption in the Blagojevich administration has been the focus of a federal investigation involving an alleged $7 million scheme aimed at squeezing kickbacks out of companies seeking business from the state. Federal prosecutors have acknowledged they're also investigating "serious allegations of endemic hiring fraud" under Blagojevich, who has a $177,412 salary, though it's unclear whether he accepts the total.
Political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko who raised money for the campaigns of both Blagojevich and Obama is awaiting sentencing after being convicted of fraud and other charges. Blagojevich's chief fundraiser, Christopher G. Kelly, is due to stand trial early next year on charges of obstructing the Internal Revenue Service.
According to Tuesday's complaint, Blagojevich schemed with Rezko, millionaire-fundraiser turned federal witness Stuart Levine and others to get financial benefits for himself and his campaign committee.
Federal prosecutors said Blagojevich and the chairman of his campaign committee have been speeding up corrupt fundraising activities in the last month to get as much money as possible before the end of the year when a new law would curtail his ability to raise contributions from companies with state contracts worth more than $50,000.
According to the affidavit, agents learned Blagojevich was seeking $2.5 million in campaign contributions by the end of the year, with a large part allegedly to come from companies and individuals who have gotten state contracts or appointments.
The affidavit also outlines Blagojevich conversations related to Tribune Co., which has been hoping to sell Wrigley Field, the home of the Chicago Cubs which the publishing giant also owns.
Blagojevich was quoted in court papers as telling Harris in a profanity laced Nov. 4 conversation that his recommendation to Tribune executives was to fire the editorial writers "and get us some editorial support."
Harris is quoted as telling the governor Nov. 11 that an unnamed Tribune Owner, presumably CEO Sam Zell, "got the message and is very sensitive to the issue."
The affidavit said Harris quoted a Tribune financial adviser as saying cuts were coming at the newspaper and "reading between the lines he's going after that section," apparently meaning editorial writers. Blagojevich is quoted as saying: "Oh, that's fantastic."
"Wow," Blagojevich allegedly replied. "Keep our fingers crossed. You're the man. Good job, John."
Harris allegedly told Blagojevich in his conversation with the financial adviser he had singled out deputy editorial page editor John McCormick as "somebody who was the most biased and unfair."
After hearing that, Blagojevich allegedly stressed to the head of a Chicago sports consulting firm that it was important to provide state aid for a Wrigley Field sale.
Blagojevich took the chief executive's office in 2003 as a reformer promising to clean up former Gov. George Ryan's mess.
Ryan, a Republican, is serving a 6-year prison sentence after being convicted on racketeering and fraud charges. A decade-long investigation began with the sale of driver's licenses for bribes and led to the conviction of dozens of people who worked for Ryan when he was secretary of state and governor.
FBI spokesman Frank Bochte said federal agents arrested the governor and Harris simultaneously at their homes at 6:15 a.m. and took them to the Chicago FBI headquarters.
He did not have any details about Blagojevich's arrest, only that he was cooperative with federal agents.
"It was a very calm setting," he said.
The governor was to appear later Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan to answer the charges. The time was not immediately set.
___
Associated Press Writer Don Babwin contributed to this report.
Is Obama a Rat? Did He Tell on Blagojevich?
No one likes a rat. This report implies that Obama knew about Blagojevich's corruption and may have sold him out.From Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton issued the following statement today in response to the arrest of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich:
"There has been an air of lawlessness around Governor Blagojevich for some time and Judicial Watch applauds More..U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald for his actions.
"Blagojevich's corruption is no surprise, but its breadth and depravity is shocking. The alleged efforts to sell the Senate seat of Barack Obama are outrageous, but also seem to implicate many other powerful politicians and political players. Especially disturbing are the questions the scandal raises about Barack Obama and his close associates.
"This is a burgeoning crisis for Obama that should shake his presidency to its core.
"The criminal complaint filed today indicates that Obama and his team knew about Blagojevich's efforts to sell Obama's Senate seat. ("Tony" Rezko, Obama friend, fundraiser and real estate partner, is once again implicated in the corrupt activities exposed today.)
"Did Obama report Blagojevich to investigators about any efforts to sell his Senate seat?"
Judicial Watch has been investigating Rod Blagojevich for over two years and has ongoing open records litigation concerning the sale of government jobs for which he was arrested today. Blagojevich has stonewalled and refused to turn over documents to Judicial Watch that could have alerted the American people to his corruption.
Source:
http://thebigfeed. blogspot. com/2008/12/blagojevich-arrest-shakes-...
3 ex-Ill. governors have served time since 1970s
Three former Illinois governors have gone to prison in the past 35 years.
_Otto Kerner, a Democrat who was governor from 1961 to 1968, served less than a year of a three-year sentence after his 1973 conviction on bribery, tax evasion and other counts. He was convicted of arranging favorable horse racing dates as governor in return for getting horse racing association stock at reduced prices. Kerner died in 1976.
_Dan Walker, a Democrat who was governor from 1973 to 1977, served 1 1/2 years of a seven-year sentence after pleading guilty in 1987 to bank fraud, misapplication of funds and perjury. The charges were not related to his service as governor.
_George Ryan, a Republican who was governor from 1999 to 2003, was convicted of corruption in 2006 for steering state contracts and leases to political insiders while he was Illinois secretary of state and then governor. He is serving a 6 1/2-year prison term.
In addition, William Stratton, governor from 1953-1961, was later indicted but was acquitted on charges of income tax evasion.
Clinton Seat Up For Grabs
Wanted: NY senator with smarts, good upstate map
By MICHAEL HILL, Associated Press Writer
ALBANY, N.Y. – The politician picked to succeed U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will need more than policy smarts. Enthusiasm for visits to Buffalo and Chemung County will be important, too.
Clinton and New York's senior senator, Charles Schumer, have been aggressively riding the upstate circuit for so many years that senatorial visits are now the norm from the Southern Tier to the North Country. It's not enough for New York senators to talk about dairy issues, they are expected to visit the farm.
"I think it means a lot to people. In fact, Schumer and Clinton have set a standard that others will be held against," said Bob Grady, editor of the Press-Republican of Plattsburgh, near the Canadian border. "And if they don't, they'll hear about it."
Clinton is expected to switch her attention from Watertown to Waziristan next year as President-elect Barack Obama's secretary of state. Fellow Democrat Gov. David Paterson will pick her successor. If he chooses someone from downstate, like Caroline Kennedy or Rep. Carolyn Maloney, the onus will be on the new senator to not only find Elmira on the map, but to stop by occasionally.
Lee Miringoff of the Marist Poll notes that upstate New York, once reliably safe Republican territory, has become more competitive for Democrats in recent years.
That explains why Democrats like Schumer (New York City), Clinton (Westchester County) and her presumably Democratic successor would be especially attentive to upstate voters.
Frequent visits can defuse resentments among upstate voters who might think they are being neglected. And they help senators avoid the stigma of being an out-of-touch city slicker. In one cautionary incident reported by The New Republic in 1994, Republican lieutenant governor candidate Elizabeth McCaughey asked what was planted in a field passing by her car window in western New York. "I've never seen that before," she reportedly said.
She was told it was corn.
Long Island-bred former Sen. Alfonse D'Amato made a point of rubbing shoulders with upstate voters, a habit that contrasted with the more intellectual and aloof late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan. But it was the man who defeated D'Amato, Schumer, who set the standard for upstate barnstorming.
Schumer has visited all 62 counties in New York every year since being elected to the Senate in 1998, even as his responsibilities in Washington have grown. The only counties left on his list this year are Madison and Schenectady (he is scheduled to visit both before year's end).
Clinton followed Schumer's playbook from the get-go, launching her maiden Senate campaign with an announcement at Moynihan's upstate farm followed by her now-famous listening tour. After taking office in 2001, she frequently visited apple orchards and little towns in all corners of New York. Along with her work on Iraq and homeland security, she made efforts to get Finger Lakes Rieslings served in Manhattan restaurants.
The work paid off. Tarred as a carpetbagger when she originally ran for the Senate, she leaves office a popular politician upstate. "She delivered," the Daily Freeman of Kingston editorialized on Dec. 4.
It's possible Paterson will pick a non-downstate senator, which would be a novelty. Moynihan, a Washington veteran who was raised in New York City, listed his Delaware County farm as his home. A stronger upstate claim might be made for Jamestown-bred Charles Goodell, who was appointed in 1968 to fill the unexpired term of Robert F. Kennedy. Goodell lost an election in 1970.
Caroline Kennedy is just one of the names being floated as Clinton successors; there are plenty of others. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is widely known in the state. Paterson could also pick Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown or Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi. There are also several House members in the running.
The frequent flier mandate is likely to continue no matter who is appointed, especially since the appointee will face the electorate in their second year on the job.
"They're going to have start thinking 2010 right off the bat," Miringoff said.
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