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Live Update of Blizzard 2011 Response
Illinois RB LeShoure To Announce Future Plans Tomorrow
Illinois Rb Mikel LeShoure, who set team single season records for rushing yards (1,697), scoring (122 points), total touchdowns (20), 100-yard rushing games in a season (9) and consecutive 100-yard rushing games (5), will announce his future intentions tomorrow at Champaign Centennial High School. If you're looking for some divining as to whether he'll stay at Illinois or turn pro, consider this: the press conference is being organized by Chicago-based media communications firm Culloton Strategies, not the university.
Inherit The Windbag: Blago Comes Out Swinging
We're just six weeks from what is sure to be one of the more surreal, highly publicized trials we've seen in years (and that includes R. Kelly) and we hadn't heard a whole lot from our ex-gov since he was booted from The Celebrity Apprentice a few weeks back. Until now. Blago is back and, holy Hell, is he pissed. Former governor Rod Blagojevich came out swinging yesterday, laying down the thunder in a scheduled appearance before the press. Referring to the Santiago proffer, the document laying out the government's case against him, an outraged Blago called the feds "cowards and liars" and had particularly strong words regarding the alleged involvement of wife Patti, accusing the feds of "hitting below the belt" and defending her as, "a devoted mother; she's a loving wife...and all that money she earned she worked for." Blago than lambasted U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, accusing him of shenanigans for not wanting all 500 hours of surveillance tapes played because the accusation against him was "a lie" and continued, "the reason they won't play all those tapes is because they're covering up that big lie that foreseeably led to a chain of events that stole a governor from the people of Illinois and undid the will of the people."
Shots Fired Near Weis Press Conference In Englewood
As Police Supt. Jody Weis gave a press conference on Friday afternoon in the Englewood neighborhood to discuss the recent wave of violence that left 41 people shot and four dead, an ironic report of shots being fired several blocks away resulted in Weis cutting the interview short. Police discovered that a 25-year-old man was shot at 69th and Paulina and taken to the hospital in critical condition.
President Obama Holds Press Conference
President Obama is about to start a press conference in the White House Rose Garden, his first from that location. Expected topics of interest will include Iran and health care. You can follow it here starting at 11:30 a.m.
Another Look At Obama's First 100 Days
The first 100 days of a presidency has been a measuring stick since Franklin Roosevelt took office. We’re not going to bother running down all of the other analysis out there, and we'll let others opine about Obama’s successes and stumbles along the way. But we will direct you to this journalistic score, found on Slate.
"We Will Recover" - Obama Holds Second Primetime Press Conference
President Obama held his second primetime press conference on Tuesday night, offering a positive outlook in a somber tone. Even as he addressed the issues surrounding AIG and the economy - and the fallout of anger over those AIG bonuses - he offered caution while striving for unity:
Obama's Prime Time Presser: A Learning Curve
President Obama held a prime time national press conference last night, addressing the American public about the state of the economy and the need for a recovery plan that is "big enough and bold enough to meet the size of the economic challenge we face right now." Speaking of the people he met in Elkhart, IN today, "a place that has lost jobs faster than anywhere else in America," and faces 15% unemployment, Obama urged swift action to bring the first piece of major legislation to his desk in days, not weeks.
President Obama to Hold Prime Time Presser
The White House announced Thursday that President Obama will hold a prime time press conference on Monday, February 9, at 7 p.m. Chicago time. The President will also address a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, February 24. That address is being billed as his first State of the Union, and that he will submit his first budget to Congress by the end of February or the beginning of March. No word yet on how this will impact his ability to drive the discussion on his economic recovery legislation.
The Blagojevich Impeachment Press Conference
We're eager to hear what Blagojevich has to say about this morning's impeachment. Below is a live feed of the presser courtesy of MSNBC, so watch along with us and share your thoughts in the comments.Will he resign? Will he maintain his innocence and his promise to fight-fight-fight? Will he quote more Kipling?
Blago Ready To Talk
Governor Rod Blagojevich has scheduled a 2 p.m. press conference where he'll publicly address for the first time his arrest from last week on federal corruption charges. He'll speak from the Thompson Center downtown but it's not known if he'll field questions. This should be fun, so we'll be live-blogging the event.
Obama Nominates Daschle, Addresses Blagojevich Charges
In a press conference originally scheduled to announce former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle as his nominee as secretary of Health and Human Services - the same position Governor Blagojevich was hoping to buy himself - President-Elect Barack Obama found himself talking less about health care reform and more about Blago. About Daschle, Obama said, "As such he will be responsible not just for implementing our health care plan. He will also be the lead architect of that plan," noting Daschle will also lead the new White House Office of Health Reform; Obama also named Jeanne Lambrew as deputy director the new office.
Lt. Governor Pat Quinn Speaks
Comments from Lt. Governor Pat Quinn's press conference.
Obamaist Round-Up
Just because it's a short holiday week doesn't mean the President-Elect is resting on his laurels. It's been a busy week for Obama, especially in the news.
Obama Announces His "Money Team"
At a press conference today, President-Elect Barack Obama presented what is being called his "money team," his economic advisers who will attempt to help him turn the economy around once he takes office in January. At the presser, his second since his November 4 election win, he announced the following members of his economic team:
Obama Meets the Press
For the first time since being elected, Sen. Barack Obama addressed the press on economic issues from a downtown Chicago hotel this afternoon and then took questions from reporters for a short time. Obama was quick to make sure he didn't step on the toes of the current administration, saying:
The United States has only one government and one President, and until January 20th of next year, that government is the current Administration. I have spoken to President Bush, and I appreciate his commitment to ensuring that his economic policy team keeps us fully informed as developments unfold.He then outlined his economic concerns that will be facing the Obamistration. Following the statement, he fielded a few questions from reporters, nothing particularly hard-hitting, though he did seem to make an instant celebrity of the Sun-Times' Lynn Sweet who discussed with the President-Elect an injury she sustained at Obamapalooza. Check out the entire conference after the jump. And if that's not enough Obama for you, WTTW is replaying the Bob Sirott interview with Obama from 2004 tonight at 7:30 p.m.
President-Elect Obama Meets The Press
Barack Obama will hold his first news conference as President-Elect this afternoon at 1:30 p.m. from the Michigan Ave. Hilton Hotel. He'll discuss Rahm Emanuel's appointment as Chief of Staff and most likely will address other potential staff appointments, especially economic ones. And if you haven't seen it yet, we strongly urge you to check out the new transition website.
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