Chicagoist: Will Blagojevich Face Impeachment?

frp

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:15:30 -0600

This is the first time I've agreed with anything the IL GA has proposed. G-Rod must go. Throw the bum out.

fr0ntl1n3

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:53:53 -0600

Lisa Madigan for Governor!

fed up

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:40:28 -0600

Madigan is going to go slow and let the death from a thousand cuts continue. E.Jones will try and protect blago but when the public demand for blagos head gets to a tipping point Jones will hang blago out to dry. Jones and blago are as thick as thieves but jones will bail out before this is over.

Spook

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:27:15 -0600

Wow, how did I miss John Fritchey's qoute! Wow, check out the Rocky Mountain oysters on Fritchey! But yea still Emile will keep the hammer down on this. But again look how fast these charges are coming. Heck this is moving much quicker than Ryan!

UTV

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:32:40 -0600

I'm sure Obama is quaking at the shocking allegations posted on that GeoCities site.

YoknapatawphaTourismBoard

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:14:31 -0600

Have to agree with Ward and mss2400, it's not really in anyone's interest within the government itself to do anything but use all of this to beat down Blago. Even the Republicans are politically better off with him in office. If Quinn comes in and proves to be a real reformer (and he's been quite independent of Rod), then Republicans lose their best campaign tool.

Ward Up

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:11:02 -0600

mss2400 that sounds about right. Jones will keep Quinn out so he can later get Madigan or Hynes in.

mss2400

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:07:45 -0600

There will be an election for governor in 2010, and there is a long line of candidates waiting to move on up, irrespective of whether Blago runs again or not. If Blago is removed (or resigns), Pat Quinn will become the governor and it could be years before Lisa Madigan or Dan Hynes (two ostensible governors in waiting) get their chances. Their supporters in the state house don't have any interest in making Pat Quinn the governor now, nor do the Republicans. As such, I'd bet that there will be a lot of talk, but no impeachment in the end.

Ward Up

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:50:46 -0600

The same political hacks (eg., Emil Jones) in the Illinois Senate who are block the Recall legislation will the the hacks to host the impeachment trial. The senators on the fence could again be bought off by Jones with promises for pork in the respective senators' home districts. Old fashioned horse-trading.

Spav1

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:45:41 -0600

Seriously. That website looks like something I designed on Hypercard circa 1996.

Spook

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:28:52 -0600

I agree with "No One" and as stange as it is to say this, I just came belive he could be soooooooo stupid? I mean really, I'm shocked and that's not an easy thing to do to me, yer Spook!

YoknapatawphaTourismBoard

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:21:08 -0600

Oh man, rysk, took a look at that website. If this author really has something worth printing the author should probably take it somewhere with credibility or, failing that, decent design or, failing that, consistent capitalization.

Spav1

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:12:02 -0600

@rysk: If a 10 year investigation into Whitewater didn't bring down the Clinton's, I am sure Obama is fine. Obama has even more dubious ties to Rezko than the Clinton's did with any number of backwoods Arkansasans. Comments like that are so useless. Either tell us what you know and back it up, or go register voters for Hillary. Jesus.

rysk

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:05:24 -0600

Never mind Blago. Obama is about to go down. Watch for Evelyn Pringle's upcoming investigative report at opednews.

no one

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:58:39 -0600

He'll be indicted by the feds long before the legislature gets around to impeaching him.