White House has some splaining to do
Sunday, December 14, 2008 at 09:05AM 
Ok so I'm writing this from the swim up bar, and it may be the sun/booze speaking, but me thinks Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod could have some splaining to do.
Here are the facts as we know them: Someone from Blago's office and the White House spoke about Obama's Senate seat. Axelrod all but confirmed it, and the 76 page indictment makes it clear, too.
The most likely candidates to have had those conversations (from the White House) are Emanuel and Axelrod. Both are friendly with Governor Hairdo, and are ...um ... familiar with Chicago machine politics. Neither has been known to be squeamish about mixing it up every now and again.
And clearly, Ivan Blago was disappointed that the White House wasn't willing to "play ball" for the Senate seat, a sentiment he expressed in a colorful assortment of expletives deleted.
But the question remains: if the White House knew that Blago was illegally horse-trading for the seat, did they drop the dime on them? I'm not totally clear on what the legal standard is for that situation (maybe super lawyer Alan Gura can clarify), but the political standard is clear: if Emanuel or Axelrod knew that a crime had been committed (a solicitation for a deal for the Senate seat by Blago), then they had a responsibility to call Fitzgerald.
Over the next few days, it will be interesting to learn specifically about Axelrod and Emanuel's role in instigating Fitzgerald's speedy indictment. If they tipped off Fitz -- then good for them. If they didn't -- and knew about a potential crime -- then rut-roh for them.
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