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Blago's first choice was Rep. Danny Davis
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Dec 31, 2008 01:17pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Wednesday, December 31, 2008 07:15:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Gov. Rod Blagojevich first offered the Senate appointment to Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.), an African-American Congressman in Chicago, but he turned the offer down:
The appointment was dangled before him last Wednesday. He turned it down. We discussed why when we talked Tuesday night, hours after a defiant Gov. Blagojevich, facing impeachment for, among other charges, trying to sell the Obama seat, tapped former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris for the spot, touching off a racially inflammatory firestorm.
Davis, speaking on the phone from Chicago, said he met with Blagojevich attorney Sam Adam Jr. last Wednesday morning. The two met in Davis' Chicago office. Davis said he was told "the governor would like to appoint me to the vacant spot." After Blagojevich was arrested Dec. 9, Davis, who sought the appointment from him when he thought Blagojevich was playing it straight, said he would not take the job if offered.
But he conferred with Adam anyway, out of "respect" for the office of the governor. |
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