americanthinker.com - 12/18/2008
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Despite earlier public statements in support, the Illinois Democrats are not going to let the voters have a say in their next governor.
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Chicago Style, with All Da Fixin’s [Dan Collins]
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At first it seemed that the outrageous acts of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich had resulted in an epiphany of transparency among some of the most reflexive stalwarts of the state’s Democratic junta. Close on the heels of the Governor’s arrest for, in part, trying to sell the President-elect’s Senate seat, the state’s senior Senator, Dick Durbin called loudly for a special election to be held to fill the position. Soon, Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn, and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky joined the chorus. State House Speaker Michael Madigan called for a special session of the ...
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