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Milorad “Rod” R. Blagojevich is an American politician from the state of Illinois. A Democrat, Blagojevich currently serves as governor of Illinois and previously represented parts of Chicago in the U.S. Congress. He is the second Serbian American to be elected governor of any state of the United States, after George Voinovich of Ohio.
On December 9, 2008, Blagojevich was arrested by FBI agents and charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud as well as solicitation of bribery. The Justice Department complaint alleges that the governor conspired to commit several “pay to play” schemes, including attempting to sell President-elect Barack Obama’s vacated United States Senate seat to the highest bidder.
Daniel from the Kentucky democrat-blog writes on the continuing saga of Rod Blagojevich:
Guerrero said Blagojevich is back at work in the James R. Thompson Center and has met with staff to discuss the state budget and short term loans to help alleviate some of the state’s money pressures.
This reminds me, if Springfield is the capital of Illinois, why does it feel like everything happens in Chicago? Maybe they should move the capitol here as well?
Another bloger Josh from the Joshing Politics-blog posted a video of Barack Obama calling Blagojevich to resign. Josh writes:
While there are bad apples on both sides, at least here on the left we try to clean up as soon as we find the spoilage.
