Inherit the Windbag: Pat Quinn, Come On Down! (Maybe.)

By Karl Klockars in News on Jun 14, 2010 6:30PM

As this morning's trial proceedings began, Blago lawyer Sheldon Sorosky held a quick Q&A with reporters and according to the CNC, admitted that they might call Pat Quinn, just as the prosectuion would likely call Tony Rezko. Despite distancing himself from the former Governor, Quinn said that Blago had "always been a person who's honest and one of integrity" in 2006. Just last week, Quinn said he wasn't concerned about the trial and its implications for his current run for governor.

Politically, it would be f*cking golden for Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady. In 2006, a major nail in the coffin for the Judy Baar Topinka campaign was commercials like this one, connecting her with George Ryan. That same card has yet to be heavily played in this election cycle, but putting Pat Quinn on the stand and forcing him to stare down Blago would make it inevitable.

The defense team has announced and subsequently subpoenaed a Cast of Thousands that they'd like to see take the stand. Rather than rehash all of them, here's a short list of the people who could possibly be even barely relevant to the case that we'd love to see take the stand and recieve the Sam Adam Jr. treatment: George Ryan, live or via video hookup from prison. Bret Michaels. Mayor Daley. John Salley. Jerry Reinsdorf, mentioned on tapes today. Speidi. Any or all of these on a call sheet would be glorious.