It reminds me of Slick Willy.  Why didn't Obama just say "I did not have any personal contact with Blago but my chief of staff did.  However, I'm confident that my chief of staff did not discuss anything of an illegal nature".  That would have been the more honest approach.

Obama didn't lie but it would have come across alot better.  His actual statement implied (at least to me) that he did not have any contact with the governor regarding Obama's replacement.  He said "I had no contact with the governor's office".  True statement - but his chief of staff gave Blago a list of candidates!  Do you think Rahmbo drafted that list and gave it to Blago without giving Obama a heads up that he would be doing so?

Rahmbo delivered a list of Obama's acceptable candidates to Blago.  Wouldn't Obama consider that to be "contact" with Obama and Blago?

I've never heard such lame excuses as Lt. Gov. Quinn saying that a special election will cost too much and take too long.  Oh Please!!  Let's put political parties aside and do what's right for democracy