Oopsie...today we learn from the New York Times and Wall Street Journal that surprise! Obama "dispatched" Emanuel to "to begin talking up Mr. Obama's preferred candidates."
So once again, Obama's initial "I had no contact" answer is proven to be inaccurate, or in a less sympathetic interpretation, a lie.
And that wasn't the first time that Rahm traded favors with Blagojevich:
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel tried trading favors with Rod Blagojevich, according to e-mails revealed yesterday.
Within hours of agreeing to sign a letter of support for Blagojevich -- the former governor of Illinois now on trial facing corruption charges -- in the Chicago Tribune during one of his many controversies, then-Congressman Emanuel asked for help releasing a $2 million grant payment to a school in the district Emanuel represented at the time.
