Just how hot is it getting for team Obama?

“President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday morning that he is “confident” no one representing him took part in any pay-to-play dealings with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich over filling Obama’s U.S. Senate seat, and pledged to release details of contacts between his team and the governor’s office in the next few days.

“I have never spoken to the governor on this subject. I am confident that no representatives of mine would have any part of any deals related to this seat. I think the materials released by the U.S. attorney reflect that fact,” Obama said at a Chicago news conference. “I’ve asked my team to gather the facts of any contacts with the governor’s office about this vacancy so that we can share them with you over the next few days.”

Obama said he personally wasn’t interviewed by the federal prosecutors and suggested no one on his transition team was either — but did not answer a specific question about what role, if any, his transition team played in the investigation.

“I have not been contacted by any federal officials, and we have not been interviewed by them,” Obama said. “As is reflected by them, we were not perceived by the governor’s office as amenable to any deal-making.”

Perhaps. But just an investigative note, investigators don’t always contact those they are investigating until they have the information they need.

But then again, so far Obama is two for two on statements that turned out not to be true. Seems like every day we learn that the contacts between Obama and Blago were deeper than he first disclosed.

You know, it’s always the coverup that gets you in the end.