He's already been impeached. Now, unless he resigns, the matter goes to the Illinois state senate for a type of trial that is similar to, but not the same as, a trial in a court of law.
In any case, you asked the question, "I don’t know why the dems are being so aggressive about his impeachment." The answer is that they want him out of office as soon as possible. They hope to pressure him into resigning, but it seems like Blago is being as obstinate as Bill Clinton was when he was impeached. So they'll do the senate trial, kick Blago out ASAP, and the matter will fade into the background.
The Dems left themselves no other choice, because they refuse to allow a special election. They're afraid to lose the U.S. senate seat to a Republican.
Have you noticed that no one in this disgusting saga is really looking out for the interests of the people of Illinois?
I understand all that, but that’s not my point.
Since this whole episode broke on 12/9, the dems have basically been in attack with Blago. In my mind, all they have done is made a bad situation worse. Blago has the goods - I cannot believe the whole democratic party - both locally in IL and national in DC - have continually attacked him. I would have thought they would be looking for ways to make this whole thing go away, instead it appears that they are only fanning the flames and making it worse.
Nah, can't be. The "abolish the 17th amendment" crowd on FR says this whole scandal is a "textbook example" for their little pet cause of having elite politicians pick our Senators for us. How dare anyone accuse Illinois politicians of not having the best interests of Illinois at heart. State Legislatures know the interests of the state far better than the citizens of that state. I'm sure the Chicago machine politicians have nothing but honesty and integrity.