WaPo, Chi-Trib urge Burris to step down
The writing is on the wall, they say. I couldn’t agree more.
Should Roland Burris be the newest Senator from Illinois?
I’ve never believed he should, because I was outraged at the audacity of Gov. Blago to appoint someone in the middle of the scandal he created for himself, but this news regarding the closer-than-originally-admitted association between Burris and Blago seals the deal for me even more.
Buh bye, Blago
This isn’t the end of corrupt politics in Illinois, but it does mean one corruptocrat won’t get a chance to try again.
Some things you just can’t make up
The headline speaks for itself: Ill. gov tells AP that strain is like Pearl Harbor.
Blago impeached by Ill. House – PLUS: Is Burris in the hot seat?
The big story of the day, as has already been mentioned in the comments section of another post, is Blago’s impeachment, which was made official this morning by the Illinois House: