 Madigan met at the White House last week with Obama, chief of staff
Rahm Emanuel and senior Obama advisers Valerie Jarrett and David
Axelrod. Madigan is the Illinois attorney general and is considering
a Senate bid. She spoke to the president and the senior aides about
the possibility.Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said Thursday that
the president is not going to pick a candidate in the Illinois
Senate race.
Still, Gibbs said he thought Madigan would be a "terrific
candidate." He said Obama knows her well and has enormous respect
for her.
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