ABC: Jackson is 'Candidate 5'

[Americanhero1]

ABC News has a law enforcement source telling them that Jesse Jackson, Jr. is "Senate Candidate Five," the one who was -- according to Blagojevich -- willing to supply campaign cash in exchange for the Senate seat.

(This, incidentally, doesn't strike me as all that unusual in politics, or as obviously criminal as other things in the complaint -- though the crudeness with which Blagojevich discussed it was.)

ABC reports:

Jackson Jr. said "I don't know" when asked if he was Candidate #5, but said he was told "I am not a target of this investigation."

Jackson Jr. said he agreed to talk with federal investigators "as quickly as possible" after he consults with a lawyer.

The Congressman, a son of the famed civil rights leader, denied that anyone had been authorized to make payments or promises to the Governor on his behalf.

"It is impossible for someone on my behalf to have a conversation that would suggest any type of quid pro quo or any payments or offers," Jackson Jr. told ABC News. "An impossiblity to an absolute certainty."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20081210/pl_politico/27055_1

[Gruzinit]

We started off the year with Client #9 and ended it with Candidate #5. Talk about Democratic family values.

[mord]

 

[takebackourtemple]

   I wish they would make candidates running for higher positions give up their seats when they run so the seats can be voted for by the people instead of Governers. They have duties which they cannot fully fulfill when they are running for another position. Biden ran for a seat that he wasn't even planning to take.