Blagojevich asked Tom Balanoff, head of the Illinois chapter of the SEIU if he thought Obama would consider him for the HSS department and Balanoff told him it would never happen. That's probably why Blagojevich was certain Obama would not give him anything.
Emanuel had also spoken to Blagojevich a few times and told him that some of the people Obama would like to replace him in the Senate were Dan Hynes, Jan Schakowsky, Jesse Jackson Jr., Tammy Duckworth, Lisa Madigan or Cheryle Jackson.
here's the passage:
Mr. Balanoff told Ms. Jarrett that he had spoken to the Governor about the possibility of selecting Valerie Jarrett to replace the President-Elect. He told her that Lisa Madigan’s name also came up.
Ms. Jarrett recalls that Mr. Balanoff also told her that the Governor had raised with him the question of whether the Governor might be considered as a possible candidate to head up the Department of Health and Human Services in the new administration. Mr. Balanoff told Ms. Jarrett that he told the Governor that it would never happen. Jarrett concurred.
