Will Barack Obama confront scandals head on?

It’s hard to imagine a timelier moment, or a more compelling convergence of circumstances, for Obama to signal the seriousness of his promise to reform the way Washington goes about its business.

The scandal’s Chicago angle, the jaw-dropping nature of Blagojevich’s alleged deal making over the president-elect’s newly vacant Senate seat, and the prospect of an ethically tainted senior Democrat shepherding a key part of Obama’s agenda — they all suggest Obama can hardly avoid speaking directly on the question of a debauched culture.

In this case, however, he’d be raising his voice against people he knows, who have supported him and vice versa.

“Within hours he’s got to make a public statement,” said Bob Edgar, president of Common Cause and a former Democratic congressman.  “Obama should look right into the camera and say the process should move forward, that he had no knowledge of the case but that this is a wake-up call for all his new appointments to serve the public trust.”
SOURCE POLITICO

From my viewpoint Barack has big problems to overcome and thats why he has been so quiet on the Blagojevich corruption! He does not know for sure what is on those wiretapping tapes and is worried about saying something that he will have to retract later!

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(1) Rahm-a-drama: “Beet red” and “pissed” with the MSM

A Baker’s (Dirty) Dozen of disgraced lawmakers ( Blagojevich scandal )

The allegations that he tried to sell Barack Obama’s Senate seat may be a new low for politics in Illinois, but it is by no means the bottom of the barrel for government shame and scandal.

1. New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer

2. Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick

3. Florida Rep. Mark Foley

4. New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey

5. Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry

6. Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards

7. California Rep. Randall ‘Duke’ Cunningham

8. Oregon Sen. Bob Packwood

9. Idaho Sen. Larry Craig

10. Illinois Rep. Dan Rostenkowski

11. Connecticut Gov. John Rowland

12. Ohio Rep. James Traficant

13. Illinois Gov. George Ryan

SOURCE: FOX NEWS

How many more will be named from the Gov. Rod Blagojevich scandal and named on this list of the politicians (Dirty Dozen) scandals? Obama and his staff has to be concern of when or if some of them get called before a grand jury to answer questions under oath.
Rod Blagojevich knows everything about the Chicago pay to play politicians that Barack came from and most people think that Blagojevich will sing sing sing and will not take the heat by himself!