Blagojevich could pick Obama successor from prison
cnn.com 12/30/2008 — Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat, was arrested Tuesday on corruption charges.

Blagojevich to Appoint Roland Burris as Obama's Senate Successor
alternet.org 12/30/2008 — "No appointment by this governor under these circumstances could produce a credible replacement."

Blagojevich to appoint Obama successor - MSNBC online (video)
msnbc.msn.com 12/30/2008 —

Team Obama Was The Side Pressuring For Senate Successor - Not Team Blagojevich
strata-sphere.com 12/21/2008 — Updates Below Ex-mayor Willie Brown has shed some critical light onto the Obama-Blagojevich affair. It seems now that this was all a push initiated by team Obama to stop Blagojevich from selecting a successor to Obama. It seems Blagojevich has a ...

Blagojevich to Make Statement
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 12/19/2008 — The Illinois governor is expected to speak from Chicago today at 3 p.m. Eastern.

Modest Illinois Successor Is the Anti-Blagojevich
nytimes.com 1/31/2009 — In his first hours as governor, Patrick J. Quinn promised an honest, transparent and accessible administration. >

Rod Blagojevich : Rod Blagojevich News and Photos
chicagotribune.com 12/12/2008 — Rod R. Blagojevich is the 40th governor of Illinois. He was first elected in 2002 and was re-elected in 2006. Blagojevich was born in Chicago in 1956. He graduated from Northwestern University in 1979 and earned his law degree from Pepperdine in ...

Rod R. Blagojevich News - The New York Times
topics.nytimes.com 12/12/2008 — Rod R. Blagojevich, the governor of Illinois, was arrested on Dec. 9, 2008 on federal corruption charges. Prosecutors said that Mr. Blagojevich had conspired to profit from his authority to appoint a successor to Barack Obama, who resigned his Senate ...

Blagojevich
obsidianwings.blogs.com 12/10/2008 — by hilzoy Since everyone else has already noted the salient points from Rod Blagojevich's Epic Fail -- the appalling idea of selling a Senate seat, the utter boneheadedness, the total lack of conscience -- I'll just take that all as read, and ...

Blagojevich Says He Has No Plans to Resign
nytimes.com 12/15/2008 — Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich was planning to go to work on Monday and study bills, his spokesman said. >

Blagojevich to name Burris to Senate seat: report (Reuters) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 12/30/2008
Reuters - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will appoint Democratic former state attorney general Roland Burris to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama, the Chicago Tribune reported on Tuesday.

Breaking: Blagojevich tries to name Obama successor (Politico) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 12/30/2008
Politico - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich plans to appoint former state attorney general and comptroller Roland Burris to fill out President-elect Obama's term in the U.S. Senate, a Senate official told Politico.

Blago to appoint former IL AG — First Read 12/30/2008
From NBC's Domenico Montanaro and Chuck ToddIn a surprise move, embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is expected to name former state Attorney General Roland Burris to replace President-elect Obama in the U.S. Senate, the Chicago Tribune and others ...

Senate can refuse to seat Blagojevich appointee — CNN Political Ticker 12/30/2008
CNN has learned that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has settled on someone to replace Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate. WASHINGTON (CNN) — CNN spoke with Senate historian Don Ritchie earlier this month about what could happen if Gov. Rod ...

Blagojevich to appoint Burris to Senate seat: report — Reuters: Politics 12/30/2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will appoint Democratic former state Attorney General Roland Burris to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama, the Chicago Tribune reported on Tuesday.