http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/09/rahm-blago/

If so, he just easily became my favorite politician.  Yes, surpassing Barack.  The update section of the above link quotes a source close to Emanuel stating the story isn’t true and is the result of overzealous reporting.  Call me overzealous.

Update: http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/12/09/did-rahm-bust-blago/

Blogger fails to note everyone knew in October (or before – like, February 6th) that Obama was going to beat mccain, Rahm would be the Chief of Staff, and Blagojevich had a Sentate seat he could sell.   This said, I can only hope that Blago mentioned to Rahm that the Senate seat was for sale in early October and the ball rolled from there.