Inherit The Windbag: Gearing Up For Rod II - Electric Blagoloo

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Sep 8, 2010 8:40PM

That's right, he's still looming out there, the great-haired one, biding his time while we crap ourselves about who will be our next mayor, there's still the matter of our former governor. There was a hearing today to set a few things for the Blagojevich retrial, expected to kick off early next year. First of all, names of the jurors won't be released until 24 hours after the verdict, a decision the media has until November 1 to appeal. Judge Zagel also said the new questionnaire heading out to potential jurors will tell them to expect the retrial to last 10 to 11 weeks, shorter than the expected four months of the first trial. He also set a November 15 deadline for the prosecution to file any changes to their "road map" and an October 1 deadline for any shuffling of defense attorneys. A source told Chicago Mag's Carol Felsenthal that the father-son duo of Sam Adam Sr. and Jr. might be split up as Sr. wants to stay on board while Jr. wants out. There's also talk Blago might try to qualify as an "indigent defendant" which qualifies him for taxpayer-funded attorneys though Judge Zagel has indicated if Blago winds up with such a defense, he'll be limited to two attorneys.