He’s not resigning.
He’s not going to get declared mentally incompetent by the Supreme Court of Illinois.
He’s not going to pick Obama’s replacement in the Senate.
He’s not going to be successfully impeached for months.
He’s going down swinging, including petitioning to use campaign funds to pay for his defense.
He’s, in fact, thoroughly messed up the mojo of the Illinois Democratic Party, and causing the Illinois Republican Party to gleefully point out the former’s utter hypocrisy:
And it’s only Thursday. What will he do tomorrow?
Moe Lane
PS: He’s a Democratic Governor who tried to shake down a children’s hospital. Sorry: “Allegedly.”
Also, he’s the guy that hired Eric “Chiquita” Holder to be his guy on getting a casino deal done. Not allegedly, although Chiquita somehow “forgot” about it.
PPS: Do you know what would help get this controversy off of the radar screen? A special election. Surely the Democrats think that they can win this one without too much trouble, right?
Right?
Neil Stevens
Moe Lane
Steve Maley
Daniel Horowitz
Jake Walker
Sorry, Moe
Patricia_C (Diary) Thursday, December 18th at 7:15PM EST (link)Is it appropriate that I laughed out loud while reading this post?
I think it was the word, “allegedly”…
Sorry…
Gets me every time.
“Even when you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.”
Personally, I like the idea of one less senator in Washington.
NightTwister (Diary) Thursday, December 18th at 7:18PM EST (link)I do have my doubts that anyone will notice that the seat is empty though…I mean it’s been that way for some time now.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. – Winston Churchill
HAHAHAHA
cookcountyconservative (Diary) Thursday, December 18th at 9:41PM EST (link)n/t
And if...
Warner Todd Huston (Diary) Thursday, December 18th at 10:04PM EST (link)And if I know my Illinois GOP they can screw this up and miss an opportunity with ease.
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Great update!
Steve W (Diary) Thursday, December 18th at 7:27PM EST (link)I’m hoping that this gets really nasty and BLAGO feels the need to defend himself (in great detail) ad nauseum ad infinitum – and no . . . I’m still not
surprised!
The ultimate determinant in the struggle now going on for the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas-a trial of spiritual resolve: the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish and the ideals to which we are dedicated.
- Ronald Reagan
Change The Law So That The IL Legislature Fills Open Senate Seats
IJB Thursday, December 18th at 7:40PM EST (link)Just like they used to do in the old days.
Problem solved IL Dems!
And I’m sure you wouldn’t suffer any electoral consequences if you took the choice away from the Governor *and* the people!
Well, probably not much. Right?…
(heh heh heh)
agree... NO State (given recent events) should have a Gov make an appointment...
JLenardDetroit (Diary) Thursday, December 18th at 8:42PM EST (link)excerpt from this Blagojevich (link) discussion:
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There is an alternative, and the one that I PREFER is, by letting a State Legislative body make the selection – WITHOUT GOVERNOR APPROVAL OR VETO! If you want to save the CO$T$ of a Special Election, let names be entered into nomination into a States’ Senate body, deliberate, and let the States’ Senate make the final appointment. You will have an honest/open discussion and vetting of anyone that gets promoted to the US Senate from any State in these situations then. Another reason why Illinois especially needs to let IL Senate decide (permanent change to their process) is because if a Special Election is held we know record number of Dead people in IL will come out to vote for the Democrat in the Special Election!!
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I agree
Warner Todd Huston (Diary) Friday, December 19th at 4:38AM EST (link)Even though there is no chance that a Republican can get this seat unless there is a special election, I have stood against the 17th Amendment in the past and I still do now.
The legislature should pick the Senator.
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Illinois Dems are going down.
Loren Heal (Diary) Thursday, December 18th at 10:05PM EST (link)The only question is how, and how many.
Blago, before the arrest, had a 12% approval rating. It’s now in the single digits.
If he’s convicted, he’ll be running numbers again.
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Join the Concord Project, and follow @lheal, if you dare.
2010 will be a BIG year for Senate Races
GregInFla (Diary) Friday, December 19th at 1:06AM EST (link)Given the number of Dem Senators that are getting extracted into the Obamadministration from the US Senate, there will be a lot of seats being up for grabs in 2010 with no real incumbents in them. So Obama had better make this next year be a good one, or the GOP could, if it works hard and sticks to conservative priniciples, take over the Senate again in 2010.
– A true evolutionist would let endangered species die off. Think about it.
– The sign outside the courthouse said no signs allowed. So I took it down.
– Atlas Shrugged is now on the non-fiction aisle at Amazon.
A Bridge Too Far for 2010
IJB Friday, December 19th at 10:21AM EST (link)Even I, and I’m optimistic about 2010, don’t think the GOP can take back the Senate in 2010 – they’d have to take 9 or more seats back, and given what’s up in two years, that’s a bridge too far, unless Obama’s & the Dems’ approval ratings are in the sub-20s when summer 2010 rolls around (a possibility, but not a likelihood).
What’s probably a lot more likely is for the GOP to make progress in take-backs, getting the Dem numbers down to 55, 54, possibly 53, and setting the stage for taking back the chamber in 2012.
(The House, OTOH, is another matter – that’s the chamber we could actually take back in 2 years, if things go our way.)
What is the count on open Senate Seats?
GregInFla (Diary) Wednesday, December 24th at 11:11PM EST (link)How many sitting Senators has Obama selected for Exec posts: NY, DE (Biden), IL (Obama), CO, others?
– A true evolutionist would let endangered species die off. Think about it.
– The sign outside the courthouse said no signs allowed. So I took it down.
– Atlas Shrugged is now on the non-fiction aisle at Amazon.
That's interesting isn't it?
bk (Diary) Thursday, December 25th at 9:22AM EST (link)One thing for sure about the Senate – Every Senator thinks he is the smartest person in the world and that the next 99 smartest people in the world are his fellow Senators.
Obama is going wild naming these other geniuses to posts, but only ones from states with Democratic governors so that there is no chance (at least until an election) that a Republican can replace him or her.
That could get interesting in 2 or 4 years if there is a backlash against incumbents and lots of these rookie appointees are up for election.