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Where, you might ask, is Gov. Rod Blagojevich as the Illinois House debates his impeachment?
A Tribune photographer took pictures of Blagojevich going jogging in his Ravenswood Manor neighborhood at about 10 a.m. ...
Breaking: Blago Impeached!
Hotline On Call Part Deux —
... The Illinois House voted this morning to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich by a vote of 114-1. The lone vote against was Rep. Milt Patterson (D-Chicago). ...
Blagojevich Impeached
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
"In a historic vote, the Illinois House has impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich, directing the Senate to put the state's 40th chief executive on trial with the goal of removing him from office," the Chicago Tribune reports. ...
Rod Blagojevich Impeached
Daily Kos —
No surprise: The Illinois House voted overwhelmingly Friday to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich, an unprecedented action that sets up a Senate trial on whether he should be thrown out for allegedly trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat. Impeachment required just 60 votes. The final result was 114-1. Update: Blagojevich says he will not resign and said he would hold a press conference at 2:00 (CST). According to the Chicago Tribune: Next week, ...
Pass the Popcorn: Rod Blagojevich Is Impeached
A Blog For All —
Pass the popcorn, because this is going to get quite entertaining. Welcome to the Chicago way boys and girls . Governor Rod Blagojevich, who was accused of attempting to sell Barack Obama's US Senate seat to the highest bidder has been impeached, the first time in Illinois state history. The Chicago Democrat was impeached by an overwhelming majority. In a historic vote, the Illinois House has impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich, directing the Senate to put the state’s 40th chief executive on trial with the goal of removing him from office. The vote by the House was 114-1 and marks ...
The One and Only 'No' Vote
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com —
... , who today goes down in history as the lone vote in the State Legislature against impeaching Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. The impeachment vote is the first in state history, and the matter now heads to the State Senate for trial where a 2/3 vote will be needed to convict Blagojevich and officially boot him from office. So why did Rep. Patterson vote "no?" According to the Chicago Tribune , Patterson " said after the roll call that he didn't feel it was his job to vote to impeach the governor." One hundred and fourteen of his colleagues in the State Legislature felt ...
Heart-ache: Blagojevich impeached
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... My heart-ache is sincere. The circus is leaving town . The vote by the House was 114-1 and marks the first time 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 ...
Better Late Than Never
Obsidian Wings —
... by hilzoy
From the Chicago Tribune's 'Clout Street' blog:
"In a historic vote, the Illinois House has impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich, directing the Senate to put the state’s 40th chief executive on trial with the goal of removing him from office.
The vote by the House was 114-1 and marks the first time in the state's 190-year history that a governor has been impeached, despite Illinois' longstanding reputation for political corruption. (...)
A Blagojevich spokesman said the ...
Blagojevich impeached
Political Animal —
BLAGOJEVICH IMPEACHED.... Last night, Illinois' investigative committee, made up of members of both parties, voted unanimously to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D). Today, the full state House followed suit . In a historic vote, the Illinois House has impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich, directing the Senate to put the state's 40th chief executive on trial with the goal of removing him from office. The vote by the House was 114-1 and marks the first time in the state's 190-year history that a governor has been impeached, despite Illinois' longstanding reputation for political ...
One step closer to justice in IL: Rod Blagojevich has been impeached
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash —
... The vote was a nailbiter, 114-1 with three reps voting "present." Milt Patterson (D-Chicago) becomes the answer to the trivia question of "Who voted against impeachment of Rod Blagojevich?" ...
Breaking: Rod Blagojevich has been impeached.
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
“Cry “Havoc!” - and let slip the dogs of war.”
The vote by the House was 114-1 and marks the first time in the state’s 190-year history that a governor has been impeached, despite Illinois’ longstanding reputation for political corruption.
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A Blagojevich spokesman said the governor will not resign. A 2 p.m. news conference with the governor is scheduled for the James R. Thompson Center in downtown Chicago.
Allahpundit can’t wait for the press conference (remember, ...
Rational Behavior
Balloon Juice —
... It appears that Blagojevich was impeached and will face a trial of at least three weeks to determine whether or not he is removed from office. Steve ...
Blagojevich Impeached
Firedoglake —
... When it became clear that Nixon would be impeached, he had the good sense to step down. Not so Blago, who vowed today to remain governor in spite of the 114-1 vote in the IL House in favor of impeaching him today. ...
House Votes to Impeach Blagojevich & Burris Changes His Story
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
... The vote to impeach Blagojevich was 114 - 1. Too bad we couldn't find people like this when we could have saved some lives by impeaching Bush. ...
Blagojevich Gets Impeached, Still Refuses to Resign
Stop The ACLU —
I think we all saw this one coming. The vote by the House was 114-1 and marks the first time 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. ...
Illinois House votes to impeach Blagojevich
The New Editor —
The Chicago Tribune's Ray Long and Rick Pearson report:
In a historic vote, the Illinois House has impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich, directing the Senate to put the state’s 40th chief executive on trial with the goal of removing him from office.
The vote by the House was 114-1 and marks the first time in the state's 190-year history that a governor has been impeached, despite Illinois' longstanding reputation for political corruption.
Blago impeached, Burris exposed
The Reaction —
By Michael J.W. Stickings Blago, in case you missed it. And what a worthy fellow he is. ********** And let me repeat: There's no way the Senate should seat Roland Burris -- even if Obama wants him seated. It looked like it was inevitable, what with Reid et al. ingloriously caving in, but now it has emerged that Burris did, contrary to his own initial testimony, "[reach] out to a close friend and former chief of staff to [Blagojevich] to ...
Blago impeached by Ill. House - PLUS: Is Burris in the hot seat?
Sister Toldjah —
... The big story of the day, as has already been mentioned in the comments section of another post, is Blago’s impeachment, which was made official this morning by the Illinois House: ...
Illinois House votes 114-1 to impeach Blagojevich.
The Hollywood Liberal —
... by a special impeachment panel yesterday, the full Illinois state House of Representative voted 114-1 to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D). The impeachment trial will be held by the state Senate. picture-1.png As MSNBC pointed out, “You don’t have to be guilty of committing a crime to be impeached. You just have to be accused of abusing your power or unable or unfit to serve.” ...
