<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>




































































  <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
    <channel>
      <title>Comments On: Not exactly spoiling for battle...
    
      by Michael Miner</title>
      <link>http://www.chicagoreader.com/TheBlog/archives/2008/12/10/not-exactly-spoiling-battle</link>
      <atom:link href="http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/Rss.xml?oid=975839&amp;id=comments" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />      <description>Comments On: Not exactly spoiling for battle...
    
      by Michael Miner</description>
      <language>en-us</language>
      <copyright>Copyright 2009 Chicago Reader. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Chicago Reader readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Chicago Reader.</copyright>
      <webMaster>wil@desert.net (Chicago Reader Webmaster)</webMaster>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0600</pubDate>
      <lastBuildDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:45:00 -0600</lastBuildDate>
      <generator>Foundation</generator>
      <docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs>
      
        
          <item>
    
    <title><![CDATA[Re: Not exactly spoiling for battle...]]></title>
    
    
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagoreader.com/TheBlog/archives/2008/12/10/not-exactly-spoiling-battle/#951601]]></link>
    
    <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.chicagoreader.com/TheBlog/archives/2008/12/10/not-exactly-spoiling-battle/#951601]]></guid>
    <author><![CDATA[voluc]]></author>
    <description>
      
      <![CDATA[Sheldon Sorosky is a fall down drunk who does not have respect for the courts nor his clients. He represents petty criminals and drug addicts and prolongs cases trying to collect a few petty dollars every time he schedules a group of them for continuances at the same time same place. His famous quote: "How much can we raise today?" Not fit to even be involved in any way to represent the Governor.
        
        <br />
        
          Posted by voluc]]>
    </description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:48:32 -0600</pubDate> 
    <source url="http://www.chicagoreader.com">Chicago Reader</source>
  </item>
        
          <item>
    
    <title><![CDATA[Re: Not exactly spoiling for battle...]]></title>
    
    
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagoreader.com/TheBlog/archives/2008/12/10/not-exactly-spoiling-battle/#960735]]></link>
    
    <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.chicagoreader.com/TheBlog/archives/2008/12/10/not-exactly-spoiling-battle/#960735]]></guid>
    <author><![CDATA[pelham]]></author>
    <description>
      
      <![CDATA[While it may be clear that Blagojevich broke the law, it may not be clear to a jury why what he did is substantively different from the normal filthy rotten but legal horse-trading that goes on in state government in Illinois and virtually every state in the nation, not to mention Washington. I mean, look at what's happening in Delaware and New York state with the open Senate seats there.
    .
    Paul Begala was on CNN a day or two ago drawing the distinction between what Blagojevich did (raise me $1 million and here's your Senate seat) and what's perfectly legal (raise $1 million for the "party" and here's your Senate seat). It's a distinction without a difference.
    .
    If I were the governor (shudder) at this point, I'd be saying, "Well, gee, I didn't think I was doing anything wrong. But I want to come clean and let the court decide. So as part of my defense, I'm going to carefully detail all my political dealings with all individuals during my entire tenure so the court can get a complete and accurate picture of the context in which all these transactions and conversations took place. Let the chips fall where they may."
    .
    By the way, regardless of how they responded or didn't respond, both Zell and the Obama campaign were at least listening to Blago and, for all appearances, not running to the feds to do their civic duty and report the governor. So aren't they all, then, party to a conspiracy?
    .
    As for the Tribune, I see that in Friday's paper they have a pro-forma story on the subpoena--on page 20. That's OK for now, I suppose, given the crush of news on this subject. But they need to get aggressive fast on this Zell angle--which would include the possibility that Zell was warned off the McCormick firing at the last minute by someone in the Trib  newsroom.
        
        <br />
        
          Posted by pelham]]>
    </description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:40:40 -0600</pubDate> 
    <source url="http://www.chicagoreader.com">Chicago Reader</source>
  </item>
        
          <item>
    
    <title><![CDATA[Re: Not exactly spoiling for battle...]]></title>
    
    
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagoreader.com/TheBlog/archives/2008/12/10/not-exactly-spoiling-battle/#963801]]></link>
    
    <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.chicagoreader.com/TheBlog/archives/2008/12/10/not-exactly-spoiling-battle/#963801]]></guid>
    <author><![CDATA[Daniel Pogorzelski]]></author>
    <description>
      
      <![CDATA[This interview with Blagojevich is over the top!
    
    http://punkeconomics.blogspot.com/2008/12/rod-just-wont-leave-me-again.html
        
        <br />
        
          Posted by Daniel Pogorzelski]]>
    </description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:05:02 -0600</pubDate> 
    <source url="http://www.chicagoreader.com">Chicago Reader</source>
  </item>
        
          <item>
    
    <title><![CDATA[Re: Not exactly spoiling for battle...]]></title>
    
    
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagoreader.com/TheBlog/archives/2008/12/10/not-exactly-spoiling-battle/#949865]]></link>
    
    <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.chicagoreader.com/TheBlog/archives/2008/12/10/not-exactly-spoiling-battle/#949865]]></guid>
    <author><![CDATA[ryan]]></author>
    <description>
      
      <![CDATA[That's the weird thing, stormy.  Mike's blog is the only place I've seen the question raised in a formal media outlet.  (it's been in a few blogs too.)
    
    I'm not real surprised the Trib hasn't asked the question.  But the Sun-Times?  Why are they scared?  Somebody needs to ask this question publically.  Who is Trib Financial Adviser and why is he conspiring to defang his paper's ed board in return for $100 million loan from the Governor's private investment bank?  Why does the Governor have a private investment bank that can issue bonds with state backing for companies favored by the Governor?  Why would anyone ever be considering buying Wrigley for the government, thereby taking it off the tax rolls?
        
        <br />
        
          Posted by ryan]]>
    </description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:48:26 -0600</pubDate> 
    <source url="http://www.chicagoreader.com">Chicago Reader</source>
  </item>
        
          <item>
    
    <title><![CDATA[Re: Not exactly spoiling for battle...]]></title>
    
    
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagoreader.com/TheBlog/archives/2008/12/10/not-exactly-spoiling-battle/#967518]]></link>
    
    <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.chicagoreader.com/TheBlog/archives/2008/12/10/not-exactly-spoiling-battle/#967518]]></guid>
    <author><![CDATA[Stormy]]></author>
    <description>
      
      <![CDATA[I am waiting for the crack investigating teams and shocked columnists at the Trib to ask who the paper's financial advisor is and what he discussed with our governor.  Second, not to give B a defense but what's the difference with his "negotiating" a deal for theSenate seat and Hillary shaking down Barack for funds to bail out her ill-fated campaign and a spot in the cabinet.?
        
        <br />
        
          Posted by Stormy]]>
    </description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:10:56 -0600</pubDate> 
    <source url="http://www.chicagoreader.com">Chicago Reader</source>
  </item>
        
          <item>
    
    <title><![CDATA[Re: Not exactly spoiling for battle...]]></title>
    
    
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagoreader.com/TheBlog/archives/2008/12/10/not-exactly-spoiling-battle/#956606]]></link>
    
    <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.chicagoreader.com/TheBlog/archives/2008/12/10/not-exactly-spoiling-battle/#956606]]></guid>
    <author><![CDATA[ryan]]></author>
    <description>
      
      <![CDATA[Trib responds to subpoenas:
    http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2008/12/tribune-subpoenaed-in-blagojevich-probe.html
    
    Looks like the Trib side of this criminal complaint isn't going away soon.
        
        <br />
        
          Posted by ryan]]>
    </description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:30:48 -0600</pubDate> 
    <source url="http://www.chicagoreader.com">Chicago Reader</source>
  </item>
        
          <item>
    
    <title><![CDATA[Re: Not exactly spoiling for battle...]]></title>
    
    
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagoreader.com/TheBlog/archives/2008/12/10/not-exactly-spoiling-battle/#952260]]></link>
    
    <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.chicagoreader.com/TheBlog/archives/2008/12/10/not-exactly-spoiling-battle/#952260]]></guid>
    <author><![CDATA[Hmm]]></author>
    <description>
      
      <![CDATA[Sounds to me like an invitation. We'll have to go to trial unless . . .
        
        <br />
        
          Posted by Hmm]]>
    </description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:08:03 -0600</pubDate> 
    <source url="http://www.chicagoreader.com">Chicago Reader</source>
  </item>
        
      
    </channel>
  </rss>




