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Blagojevich Won't Get to Name a Senator After All?
Posted By: Josh Goodman | December 9, 2008
Dick Durbin, for now Illinois' only U.S. senator, is floating the idea of holding a special election to fill Illinois' vacant Senate seat. The ...
Categories: State Offices , Voting Process & Voting Rules

Rich Miller Asks Some Good Questions
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | December 9, 2008
The Capitol Fax Blog is one place I'll be checking in coming days for further news on the Blagojevich front. Rich Miller asks three ...
Categories: State Offices

Not Learning From History
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | December 9, 2008
Just yesterday, Rod Blagojevich said at a press conference that he was not troubled by reports the feds were recording him: If anybody wants to ...
Categories: State Offices

If Blagojevich Was Selling a Senate Seat, Who Was Buying?
Posted By: Josh Goodman | December 9, 2008
Federal prosecutors say that before Gov. Rod Blagojevich named a U.S. senator to President-Elect Barack Obama's now-vacant seat, he wanted to get something ...
Categories: State Offices

What Does Obama Do With Fitzgerald?
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | December 9, 2008
Today's criminal complaint against Rod Blagojevich raises the question of the future of his prosecutor, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald is not only ...
Categories: State Offices

Is There Something Different About Illinois?
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | December 9, 2008
"If it isn't the most corrupt state, it's certainly one hell of a competitor." -- Robert Grant, FBI, 12/9/08 Rod Blagojevich is ...
Categories: State Offices

Blagojevich: Now What?
Posted By: Josh Goodman | December 9, 2008
Quick thoughts (and questions) on the arrest of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich: -Will anyone want to be named the new Illinois U.S. senator now? ...
Categories: State Offices

Blagojevich's Downfall
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | December 9, 2008
Although shocking, the news that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat, was arrested this morning along with his chief of staff was not all that ...
Categories: State Offices

Mitch Daniels Cautiously Optimistic About Obama
Posted By: Josh Goodman | December 8, 2008
A number of times over the past eight years, governors have been broadly bipartisan (or even nearly unanimous) in their opposition to Bush administration policies. ...
Categories: State Offices

Is Now the Time for Gas Tax Increases?
Posted By: Josh Goodman | December 8, 2008
Only one state approved a gas tax increase this year. That was Minnesota, where the 35W bridge collapse created a special urgency around infrastructure spending ...
Categories: Economic & Fiscal Issues , State Offices

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