Make my Day......GOV Blagojevich arrested.

[Swissy]

Originally posted by -Jrabbit
Didn't realize he was a Brooklyn guy. Interestingly, Fitzgerald was on the Bush-Gonzalez "hit list" of US Attorneys yet survived...

He hadn't done much at that time, mainly because so many of the cases that he's completed since spring of '05 were in the investigation and Grand Jury phase back then. Since, he has come through with a number of high profile convictions and indictments in public corruption cases.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
What method of selection are they proposing?

Special election, I believe.

Apparently, the U.S. Senate may not have the ability to refuse to seat Blago should he appoint himself, either. A prior SCOTUS case set a precedent (in the U.S. House, at least) that that body couldn't refuse to seat a congressman who had been re-elected despite indictment.

Of course, since this wouldn't be an election but rather self-selection, the precedent may not hold.

If it does, the Senate would have to swear him in, but could promptly remove him with a 2/3 vote.

[Boris Godunov]

It is a little ironic that if Karl Rove had gotten his way and Fitz been fired, Blago might have escaped...

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov


Special election, I believe.

Apparently, the U.S. Senate may not have the ability to refuse to seat Blago should he appoint himself, either. A prior SCOTUS case set a precedent (in the U.S. House, at least) that that body couldn't refuse to seat a congressman who had been re-elected despite indictment.

Of course, since this wouldn't be an election but rather self-selection, the precedent may not hold.

If it does, the Senate would have to swear him in, but could promptly remove him with a 2/3 vote.

I'm fairly sure there is a difference between how the House and the Senate work in this manner, but I'm too busy to look it up.

[-Jrabbit]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
It is a little ironic that if Karl Rove had gotten his way and Fitz been fired, Blago might have escaped...

Nah. Fitz would have been replaced by a Bushie, who would have been all too eager to take down a Dem governator.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Special election, I believe.

Good idea. EVERYONE who possibly could have been appointed by Blago is somewhat tainted. A special election is the only thing that'll help remove the taint.

[-Jrabbit]

"Candidate 5" has been identified as... :drumroll:

Jesse Jackson Jr.

[Naked Gents Rut]

A national co-chair of the Obama campaign

[snoopy369]

He's my representative in Congress, by the way. I should send him a letter and ask if I can have a piece of the pie too

[rah]

Let the Illinois congress vote the replacement.
With all the deals that would be flying on that one, maybe we could jail the lot of them.

[chequita guevara]

Illinois has a congress?

[snoopy369]

Yeah, it's those guys out back passing wads of cash around.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by -Jrabbit
"Candidate 5" has been identified as... :drumroll:

Jesse Jackson Jr.

To be fair, there's no evidence #5 actually did anything wrong. The recordings are of Blago stating he talked with an "emissary" of #5s, not recordings of any such actual conversation. It's also possible that the conversation occured without Jackson's knowledge, or that Blago is once again deluding himself as to reality, maybe having convinced himself a promise was made when it actually wasn't.

This certainly prevents Jackson from becoming Senator, though.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by -Jrabbit
"Candidate 5" has been identified as... :drumroll:

Jesse Jackson Jr.

By whom?? There's lots of speculation of who the various "numbers" refer to, but last I heard, there's no evidence linking any specific persons to those numbers.

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov


To be fair, there's no evidence #5 actually did anything wrong. The recordings are of Blago stating he talked with an "emissary" of #5s, not recordings of any such actual conversation. It's also possible that the conversation occured without Jackson's knowledge, or that Blago is once again deluding himself as to reality, maybe having convinced himself a promise was made when it actually wasn't.

This certainly prevents Jackson from becoming Senator, though.

You think JJJ might not be corrupt.

1. He's an Illinois politician
2. He's JESSE JACKSON JUNIOR

Admittedly, he presumably is smart enough not to be caught TALKING ON THE PHONE about illegal stuff. But I don't doubt that he happily would have done what was needed to become congressman, either. I also don't think this prevents him from still getting it - his dad is still pretty darn powerful, and he actually was a reasonable candidate before all of this came up.