Would I like to someday become a U.S. senator, of course I would. I would be a fool not to want to join the Senate," [Danny K. Davis] told the Defender. "However, I would not accept the seat if Gov. [Rod Blagojevich] appointed me. Too much damage has been done for me to accept it from him now. "My fiends said I should run, but then I have other friends who said I shouldn't run in a special election," [Roland Bums] said. "I will leave it up to the people of Illinois to decide if I should run, but I am definitely interested in the position." "Yes, I am interested but no I would not accept the seat if appointed by Gov. Blagojevich," she said. "As far as running in a special election, I would have to see what happens and make a decision at that time." The once popular U.S. Senate seat vac...
... been accused by federal authorities in a criminal complaint of trying to auction the seat off to the...
In a wiretapped conversation, [Rod Blagojevich] considered appointing Senate Candidate 4 to fill the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama after he won the presidency. The former Democratic governor believed he could, "count on (Senate Candidate 4), if tilings got hot, to give (the Senate seat) up and let me parachute over there," according to the criminal complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office, which led to Blagojevich's Dec. 9 arrest.
When Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich committed $8 million in state money to a local children's hospital this fall, federal authorities said he wasn't going to let the precious dollars out of his hands so easily. He demanded a $50,000 campaign contribution from the hospital's chief executive in return. It's among the various accusations against Mr. Blagojevich, who was named last week in a federal criminal complaint on charges of trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's now-vacant U.S. Senate seat.
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich must resign. His arrest Tuesday on federal corruption charges that he tried to sell the Senate seat vacated by President elect-Barack Obama to the highest bidder makes it impossible for him to serve. Given the allegations contained in a 76-page criminal complaint, it's difficult to see how Blagojevich could govern with any credibility, much less appoint a successor to Obama.
What has been most surprising, however, is the shameless, naked ambition being exhibited as [Rod Blagojevich]'s career twists in the wind. The ink on the criminal complaint was hardly dry when Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn stepped up to call for his former running mate, and former friend, to step down. It is a self-serving call, one that directly benefits him. Quinn seems to be supporting every possible scenario being offered up to rid the state of Blagojevich. He wants to be governor. He wants to appoint a senator, and have a special election, and he wants Blagojevich to step down, and he supports impeachment, and doesn't mind that Attorney General Lisa Madigan wants to get the state Supreme Court to rule Blagojevich "disabled. That's why the operative word is "taint." Everyone who ever spent an...
... of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, now awaiting retrial on various criminal counts t... derived from the federal criminal complaint that led to Blagojevich's removal from office in J...
SPRINGFIELD - The daughter of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's chief legislative nemesis asked the state's high court Friday to strip the governor of his powers. Relying on an obscure court rule, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan called on the high court to determine if Blagojevich is capable of carrying out his duties in the wake of a federal criminal complaint that accuses the Chicago Democrat of corruption.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - For Barack Obama, the explosive scandal in his home state involving his Senate seat presents an unwanted diversion but no immediate political danger, analysts say. Even though allegations against Gov. Rod Blagojevich describe his desire for a deal with the president-elect, the criminal complaint offers no evidence that Obama or his aides were aware of potentially illegal offers.
SPRINGFIELD - While many Democrats were elated with the election of Barack Obama, the elevation of Illinois' junior senator to the White House on Nov. 4 appears to have irked Gov. Rod Blagojevich. In the 78-page criminal complaint filed against the Illinois governor Tuesday, Blagojevich uses foul language in multiple instances to describe the president-elect.
I cannot get enough of Rod Blagojevich. I cannot avert my eyes. It's like gawking at a car wreck. Blagojevich is the governor of Illinois who has been charged in a 76-page criminal complaint with conspiracy and soliciting bribes, with threatening to deny funding to a children's hospital unless he got campaign kickbacks and with trying to sell the Senate seat formerly held by President Barack Obama. Blagojevich was arrested Dec. 9, was impeached in the Illinois House on Jan. 9 by a vote of 114-1 and is now on trial in the Illinois Senate.
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