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Timothy McNulty | January 16, 2008 Why should Bush appointee Mary Beth Buchanan stay on as Western Pa's US Attorney after Obama takes office? Because of her office's ongoing prosecution of a prominent Pittsburgh Democrat, former county coroner Cyril Wecht. At least that is the case she (and another...
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Timothy McNulty | December 10, 2008 We ended the day yesterday noting how Obama has said little about the Blago corruption scandal in his home base of Chicago, and it starts off the day again today. For a guy who has responded so quickly to other big stories -- Rev. Wright, the economic crisis, etc....
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Timothy McNulty | December 9, 2008 It's been more than five hours since the Blago corruption arrest broke and there's still no public statement from the Chicago-based Obama camp. There may be good reason for that, says Time -- his people have a lot of work to do on this, even though Fitzpatrick...
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Timothy McNulty | December 9, 2008 A huge story already today: the Democratic governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, was reportedly taken into federal custody today as part of a long-running corruption investigation. That certainly will affect his pending selection of a replacement for Obama's Senate...