Blago, as governor, standing before a prescription drug price chart in 2004 with then-U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel. Blagojevich said he talked plenty with Emanuel about political horse-trading when he was responsible for filling the Senate seat left vacant when Barack Obama became president. Blagojevich said recently that he plans to call Emanuel, now White House chief of staff, along with other Democratic bigwigs such as Sen. Harry Reid during his retrial.