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Illinois Attorney General's Office Not Sure Whether Blago Still Can Appoint Senator

Talking Points Memo found this 12/9/2008 on tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com

A number of you have written to ask: What happens to Obama's Senate seat now? Does Governor Blagojevich still have the authority to appoint Obama's successor to the open seat, now that he's been accused of, er, conspiring to sell that same seat? We checked in with the Illinois Attorney ...