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:
Things continuing to warm up in the Senate
Yes, the news about loony Al Franken being certified (or as ST reader Anthony quips, “certifiable“) the winner in the MN Senate race is depressing, but countering that is the intriguing drama unfolding over Barry Oh!’s old seat, which disgraced Gov. Blago has tried to give to former Illinois AG Roland Burris. Last week, CNN reported on the possiblity that Burris would be physically restrained from entering onto the Senate floor on Tuesday if he tried to “report for duty.” Today, we learn that that scenario may be more likely than initially thought:
Poor vetting by Team Obama strikes twice in one weekend
A federal investigation into a company that did business with the state of New Mexico has spurred Obama’s pick for Commerce Sec. Bill Richardson to withdraw his nomination.
Theatrics coming next week to the Senate?
Well, more so than normal? Things could get very interesting should Blago’s pick to replace PEBO in the Senate show up to work on Tuesday:
Squeaky clean continues to rub off of Obama’s star
The Smoking Gun reports that the Blago scandal may not be the only political scandal PEBO is linked to going into 2009: