Obama issued a categorical statement Tuesday that he personally hadn't spoken with Blagojevich about the seat - but seemed to correct himself in a way that suggested others around Obama might have.

Back in June of 2002, Rod Blagojevich was running for governor, giving up his seat in Congress, which was taken by Obama's new chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel.

Reporting from Chicago — Weeks before his federal corruption trial, ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich sought Thursday to tie his credibility to that of President Obama by asking that the ...

Like every other politician in Illinois, Gov. Rod Blagojevich waited for Barack Obama's call this summer. He told colleagues that he expected a speaking role at the 2008 Democratic National ...

President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday joined others calling for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to resign, distancing himself further from the unfolding scandal over allegations that the ...

Blagojevich had harbored Presidential aspirations of his own. But as he watched the jubilation over Obama 's victory, he told Scofield, "The President of the United States is someone I know, but I ...

In a blistering Facebook post, Amy Blagojevich, blasted Barack Obama for not using his presidential powers to release her father from prison.

Blagojevich, Balanoff said, made hard-to-miss overtures about using the Senate appointment as a bargaining chip to gain a Cabinet appointment in the Obama administration or perhaps the lead role ...

Isikoff's 5 Questions for Obama About Blagojevich Published Dec 19, 2008 at 7:00 PM EST Updated Mar 13, 2010 at 8:56 PM EST By Michael Isikoff Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member ...

President-elect Barack Obama comes from the same city and state as Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, and it was the Obama seat in the Senate that Blagojevich is accused of trying to sell. Is it ...

And when Blagojevich stepped up to governor in 2002, the district was inherited by -- tah dah -- Emanuel, a Daley machine groupie in the 1980s who’d become finance chairman for Bill Clinton ‘s ...

Obama may never entirely free himself of his association with the appalling Blagojevich and the state's culture of corruption.