Blago Trial: Obama Called SEIU Leader About Jarret For Senate Seat

Of course, Barack Obama told the state-run media in December 2008,
“This senate seat does not belong to any politician to trade.”

Today we found out that Barack Obama called top SEIU leader Thomas Balanoff to push Valerie Jarrett for his senate seat.
The Sun-Times blog reported:

Top union leader Thomas Balanoff said he was at dinner the night before the November Presidential election when he got a call that was blocked.
So he didn’t take it.

Later he listened to his messages: “I walked outside, listened to it and it was from President Obama,” Balanoff said.

“Tom, this is Barack, give me a call,” the soon-to-be President-Elect said on the message.

After Balanoff sent word through an Obama aide to call him back, Obama returned his call later that night.

“Tom, i want to talk to you with regard to the Senate seat,” Obama told him.
Balanoff said Obama said he had two criteria: someone who was good for the citizens of Illinois and could be elected in 2010.

Obama said he wasn’t publicly coming out in support of anyone but he believed Valerie Jarrett would fit the bill.

“I would much prefer she (remain in the White House) but she does want to be Senator and she does meet those two criteria,”
Balanoff said Obama told him. “I said: ‘thank you, I’m going to reach out to Gov. Blagojevich.”

Gee, what a surprise, under oath SEIU official said Obama lied about Blago contacts.

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