Last month, David Axelrod told reporters that Obama had talked to Blago about his replacement in the Senate.
The transition team just sent out a statement saying that is incorrect.
I was mistaken when I told an interviewer last month that the President-elect has spoken directly to Governor Blagojevich about the Senate vacancy. They did not then or at any time discuss the subject.
I guess the operative phrase there is "spoken directly."
At least that means we won’t hear Obama on tapes introduced at Blago’s trial.