Obama: Senate seat not for trade
CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) — President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday that "no representatives of mine" engaged in any deal making with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich over who would achat cialis fill the state’s U.S. Senate vacancy.
President-elect Barack Obama says he has never spoken with the Illinois governor about the vacant Senate seat.
FBI agents arrested Blagojevich on Tuesday on federal corruption charges related in part to the selection of a replacement for Obama’s Senate seat, which became vacant after the presidential election.
Federal officials allege Blagojevich was looking to sell or trade the position.
Obama said the Senate seat is not for "any politician to trade," and he said he had never spoken to the governor on the subject.
He said he was confident that "no representatives of mine would have any part of any deals related to this seat."
The Senate position "belongs to the people of Illinois, and they deserve the best possible representation," he said.
Obama said he’s asked his staff to gather the facts of any contacts made with the governor’s office.
The president-elect added that the public trust has been violated.
"Part of the reason that I got into politics, ran for the state Senate, ran for the United States Senate and ultimately ran for the presidency is because we have to reclaim a tradition of public service that is about people and their lives and their hopes and their dreams. And it isn’t about what’s in it for me," he said.
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Obama also repeated his call for Blagojevich to step down.
"So let me be absolutely clear: I do not think that the governor at this point can effectively serve the people of Illinois."
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Earlier Thursday, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said she is prepared to "take action" against Blagojevich achat de viagra en ligne if he does not resign.
"Obviously, the easiest way for us to move on in the st
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