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A Less Ambigous Obama

Yesterday's statement was jumped on for it's ambiguity and lack of content.

But this is a much clearer statement:

Q: Have you ever spoken to [Illinois] Gov. [Rod R.] Blagojevich about the Senate seat?

O: I have not discussed the Senate seat with the governor at any time. My strong belief is that it needed to be filled by somebody who is going to represent the people of Illinois and fight for them. And beyond that, I was focused on the transition.

Q: And that was before and after the election?

O: Yes.

Wow. That is actually dangerously *unambiguous,* such that it leaves Obama almost no wiggle room, and seems to rule out at least two hypotheticals from my earlier post. (no casual comments or pre-election discussions between the two men).

Can that really be true? *NO* discussion of the Senate seat, ever, before or after the 2008 election? Well, why not? Obama would have been perfectly within his rights to suggest Valerie Jarrett to Blago.

Maybe Obama knew Blago was bad news, and wanted nothing to do with him. If so, that appears to have been a very wise move on Obama's part.

Full post as published by Expressio Unius on December 10, 2008 (boomark / email).