Former SF Mayor comments on Obama involvement in Illinois scandal

Willie Brown (pictured), Mayor of San Francisco from 1996 to 2004, predicts that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich will walk away from the pay-to-play scandal.

I wouldn't bet on him stepping aside anytime soon. If anything, his hand is getting stronger by the day.

Brown also has this to say about Barack Obama’s involvement:

I can't go into details, but my impression is that the whole mess started because the governor had been considering appointing a political rival, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, to the Senate so she wouldn't be able to run against him when he went up for re-election in 2010.

Apparently, Obama's people weren't happy about the idea of Madigan coming to Washington, and there were some pretty heated conversations between Blagojevich and Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, which I understand will burn your ears off.

And Rahm Emanuel claims he hasn’t been in communication with Blagojevich or anyone else in the scandal. It’s no wonder Emanuel refused to talk about any of this.

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