A special election for Obama's seat?

From NBC's Carrie Dann Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois called today for a special election to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat, saying that "no appointment could produce a credible replacement" in light of this morning's arrest of Gov. Rod Blagojevich.   Durbin says he spoke with a member of the state's general assembly this morning, urging the legislature to enact a law calling for a special election and saying that a "tainted" appointment by the governor -- arrested this morning on corruption charges swirling around the politics of the appointment itself -- would be unacceptable. "I think it's the only way out at this point,"  Durbin said today at a press conference on unrelated legislation. A law passed by the Illinois general assembly would be subject to a gubernatorial veto. Durbin said that he hoped the Illinois legislature would put together a bill with a bipartisan supermajority, implying that resistance from the governor could be possible. "Most executives don't ... (link)