Reply #8: Well, not exactly...

[kentuck]

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/12/obama_wants_fitzgerald_to_stay.php

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Republicans Demand Obama Say He Wants Fitzgerald To Stay -- Even Though He Already Has
By Greg Sargent - December 10, 2008, 9:26AM

Hoping to milk the Blago mess for all it's worth, Republicans are demanding that President-elect Obama say whether he wants Patrick Fitzgerald to stay as U.S. Attorney -- even though he's already on record saying that he does.

In an interview published today by Politico, Illinois state Republican chair Andy McKenna, demanded that Obama say whether he favors keeping Fitzgerald in his post. "Some have wondered if Barack Obama would keep Fitzgerald," McKenna said. "It would be great if he confirms that he plans to."

Asked for comment, an Obama transition aide pointed us to a June 5 article in the Chicago Tribune which noted that Obama had been asked if he would keep Fitzgerald in an editorial board meeting with the paper in several months earlier. His reply (via Nexis):

"I still think he's doing a good job. Yes."

Asked why he would keep him, Obama continued:

"I think he has been aggressive in putting the city on notice and the state on notice that he takes issues of public corruption seriously."