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Heart-ache: Blagojevich impeached
hotair.com - 1/9/2009
Heart-ache: Blagojevich impeached
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chicagobreakingnews.com - 1/12/2009
Senate Democrats agree to seat Burris this week
— chicagobreakingnews.com — WASHINGTON--Roland Burris won his battle to succeed Barack Obama as the junior senator from Illinois this afternoon... as Senate Democrats dropped their objections and said he should be seated this week. The agreement came after Senat lawyers said Burris ... (more) Senate Democrats agree to seat Burris this week

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huffingtonpost.com - 1/8/2009
Burris Admits He Reached Out To Blago Adviser Named In Criminal Complaint
— huffingtonpost.com — Inches away from securing a seat in the United States Senate, Roland Burris suffered what could be... a serious setback on Thursday. Appearing before an Illinois House impeachment committee in regards to the role by which he became the Senate ... (more) Burris Admits He Reached Out To Blago Adviser Named In ...

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salon.com - 1/7/2009
AP Exclusive: Calendar shows key Ill. gov meetings
— salon.com — Jan 6th, 2009 | SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich's official calendar shows he met with a... top union official in his Chicago office the day before Barack Obama was elected president -- just as federal prosecutors say the governor was scheming ... (more) AP Exclusive: Calendar shows key Ill. gov meetings

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RedState: Conservative News and Community:  Breaking: Rod Blagojevich has been impeached.

Michelle Malkin:  Blago Impeachment Theater

Stop The ACLU:  Blagojevich Gets Impeached, Still Refuses to Resign

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Breaking: Rod Blagojevich has been impeached.
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... Allahpundit can’t wait for the press conference (remember, that’s 2 PM CST), and neither can I. Although at this point the fact that the meme has been well and truly set that Illinois politics is a wretched hive of scum and villainy has seriously upped the ante on how this story could get any better. As I’ve noted privately, we’re at the point where we’d need flaming chainsaws to increase the Awesomeness of it all… ...

Blago Impeachment Theater
Michelle Malkin — ... But I prefer arts analogies to sports ones. The curtain opens on the next act of Blago Impeachment Theater at 3pm Eastern today, when Blago holds a press conference. Get yer popcorn ready. I expect this one will be more entertaining that Burris’s last media appearance.

Blagojevich Gets Impeached, Still Refuses to Resign
Stop The ACLU — ... in the state’s 190-year history that a governor has been impeached, despite Illinois’ longstanding reputation for political corruption. Rep. Milt Patterson (D-Chicago) was the lone vote against impeaching the governor. Patterson, from Chicago’s Southwest Side, said after the roll call that he didn’t feel it was his job to vote to impeach the governor. He declined comment on whether he approved of the job Blagojevich is doing. A Blagojevich spokesman said the governor will not resign. Allahpundit wonders if Blago continues to hang on if he will become the ultimate anti-hero. ...

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thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 12/16/2008 — On the right, some see links between Obama's team and misdeeds in Illinois.
Burris Denies Senate-Seat Deals — TIME.com Top Politics Stories 1/9/2009
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Susan Davis and Douglas Belkin report on politics. The Illinois state House overwhelmingly voted to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich today, setting the stage for a Senate trial in the near future. Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan ...
After legal blow, Senate Dems weighing next move on Burris — CNN Political Ticker 1/9/2009
(CNN) – Senate Democratic leaders are weighing their options in light of the Illinois State Supreme Court decision that Roland Burris’s certificate of appointment does not require the secretary of state’s signature. Senate Majority Leader Harry ...
Another Victory for Roland Burris — WSJ.com: Washington Wire 1/9/2009
Susan Davis reports on Congress. Illinois Senate nominee Roland Burris won another victory today in his battle with Senate Democratic leaders to recognize his appointment by scandal-plagued Gov. Rod Blagojevich to fill President-elect  ...
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From NBC's Lauren Appelbaum Following Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn , Secretary of State Jesse White took the microphone in Chicago and opened up with a joke. "Ladies and gentlemen," he said, "don't ask me ...