January 29, 2009

Ouch! 59 to 0 - Blago is out

Good call. From St. Louis Today:
Rod Blagojevich removed from office as Illinois governor
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the boy-faced Chicago Democrat swept into office six years ago as an antidote to the scandal and corruption of his predecessor, was officially removed from office today in the wake of federal corruption charges.

A state Senate tribunal found that Blagojevich had engaged in a pattern of abuse of power. It was a verdict based partly on his governing style of the past six years, and partly on criminal allegations that he tried to extort political donations with his official powers and plotted to auction off President Barack Obama's former U.S. Senate seat.

The 59-member Senate crossed the necessary two-thirds majority for removal -- 40 votes -- at 4:41 p.m. The final vote was unanimous -- 59-0 -- to remove Blagojevich, 52.

A few moments later, they did the roll call a second time to correct a technical glitch.

Then, the Senate followed up with another vote to bar Blagojevich from holding public office. Again, it was unanimous.
Considering how deep he was into the Chicago machine, I wonder if we should start a Dead Pool on the guy. I give him three months -- end of April -- before he has an 'accident' or just mysteriously disappears. Posted by DaveH at January 29, 2009 8:26 PM
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