Day: December 11, 2008

Candidate 5 is Jesse Jackson Jr., according to this report. According to the [Blagojevich] criminal complaint, on Oct. 31st, Blagojevich was overheard saying of Candidate 5, “We were approached ‘pay to play,’ that, you know, he’d raise me 500 grand. An emissary came. Then the other guy would raise a million, if I made him […]

The AP has an update on the alleged embezzlement of Shays campaign funds. Two Republicans familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the investigation is pending said the suspicions involve Michael Sohn, who was Shays’ campaign manager for the past several elections. Sohn left last week for his honeymoon in […]

I hope to have a report on and photos from the Factcheck.org conference, “On message:  voter persuasion in the 2008 election.” The candidates were not the only ones trying to sway voters in the 2008 presidential election. Independent groups on both the left and the right – as well as the national political parties – […]