Blago's $2.3 million hit list

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

Four potential candidates for President Obama's vacant Senate seat were each to be targeted for contributions by ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich's campaign as part of an aggressive, $2.3 million race for cash late last year, an internal campaign document obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times shows.

The four were among about 150 people targeted for contributions by the Friends of Blagojevich campaign organization by the end of 2008, when a new Illinois law took effect that bans taking money from state contractors and appointees, the document shows.

Sources also said Blagojevich was worried at the time about his growing legal bills.

Blagojevich -- booted out of office by the Illinois Legislature after being charged in December with trying to sell an appointment to the Senate seat, among other crimes -- has maintained he is innocent of those charges and never tried to sell the seat.

Still, the list created by his campaign organization shows that, during the time he was deciding on a Senate replacement for Obama, Blagojevich targeted billionaire J.B. Pritzker, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Rep. Luis Gutierrez and Roland Burris

Expect Blago to be indicted by Thursday afternoon.