Obama Vacates Senate Seat on Sunday

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Nov 13, 2008 9:20PM

Illinois Senator and U.S. President-Elect Barack Obama has announced he will resign from his Senate Seat this Sunday. In a statement, Obama said, “It has been one of the highest honors and privileges of my life to have served the people of Illinois in the United States Senate." The responsibility for replacing him now falls on Gov. Rod Blagojevich who has said he is not interested in naming himself to the seat. While there's no deadline for making the appointment, aides to the Governor say that the replacement should be named within 60 days of Obama's resignation. We can hear Jesse Jackson, Jr. licking his lips from here.