Who cares which people were Senate Candidates No. 1 through 5? What I want to know is the name of the non-profit that would have benefited Governor Blagojevich.
Everyone already knows that politicians are bought and sold. What might be new is the ways by which non-profit organizations can be profitable to politicians.
The affidavit states that Senate Candidate 1 was likely to be supported by Obama for the seat, and that the Illinois governor was mulling a variety of ways to capitalize on such an appointment. Blagojevich allegedly wanted a corporate board appointment for his wife or millions in donations to a non-profit organization for his benefit, or even an appointment as secretary of health and human services, in exchange for appointing Senate Candidate 1. (Obama nominated former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle for the Cabinet post Blagojevich wanted on Thursday.)
—Fox News article [Emphasis mine]