I agree. Sidebar—as Ill. native, I have followed Ill. machine politics my whole life, & I have NEVER seen Illinois Dems move soooo fast on something...Even Laura Ingram said as defense attorney she was not comfortable with way this went down...
not that Blago isn’t guilty, but I really think there is more to the story here—how high did corruption go & who knew, etc. It will be interesting to see who Rod outs when he sings.
They just had a poll at the end of Fox Chicago News—asking if he was treated fairly. 51% said no. Obviously, the party leaders wanted this over with as quick as possible—support for Blago, or objections to the way it was being done were growing. They also showed an immigrant group holding a candlelight vigil outside Blago’s home tonight.
Quinn will raise the state income tax. He will either not run or lose in the primary to Lisa Madigan. With her dad Mike as Speaker of the House controlling the state budget, Lisa will get to spend the revenue from the tax increase....
Yep, that’s how I see this too... Saying NOTHING about whether Blago is innocent or guilty, he is DEFINITELY being treated as a scapegoat. As if all the problems are gone now because he’s out of office. Get him out of the spotlight, ASAP hoping to limit damage. There is definitely more to this story than we’ve heard thus far, IMHO.
Interestingly, back before the election there were rumors on the PUMA site that said Fitzgerald’s investigation didn’t even stop with Obama, but included problems with Pelosi and Reid - the entire DNC! I guess we’ll see what happens over the next few months. With Hillary as Sec. of State, and Obama able to fire Fitzgerald it will be interesting to see whether he has the guts to really let all the cards fall where they may, or if he will leave Obama, and the DNC alone now.