Is Rod Blagojevich already plotting a comeback?
And so it begins.
Impeached by an eye-popping 59 of the 59 senators serving in the Illinois Senate, now ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich used the last minutes of his executive power to grant a pardon to a former drug dealer and janitor at a homeless center where the former governor's wife worked, and clemency for a prominent Chicago real estate developer who was already pardoned for forgery charges.
Already, politicos in Chicago are speculating about Blagojevich's motives -- and how the pardon moves might help launch a comeback.
On MSNBC this morning, anchor Tamron Hall noted that Danny Rostenkowski, the once-powerful chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, was toppled by the infamous post office scandal in which it came out that he was keeping ghost employees on the payroll. Rostenkowski went to prison, left politics, became a political commentator for television's ubiquitous talking heads and taught at Loyola University.
For the full text and video of Blago's farewell remarks, click here.
Hey, with that head of hair, to say nothing of his love for the microphone, Blagojevich is a natural.
-- Johanna Neuman
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How could he launch a comeback? When he was impeached, he was banned from Illinois politics. His criminal trial is next. He will be sentenced a minimum of 10 yrs. After he is sentenced, he will most likely be disbarred. He has no future in politics. He killed it.
Posted by: Marianne North | January 30, 2009 at 06:45 PM
Hey this is the era of democrats and Blago has all the qualifications. He fits perfectly with all those other dems facing or defending against multiple charges
of corruption and breaches of ethics. Wether it be Dodd,gov. Judas,Daschle,Geithner,Pelosi and Reid,they are nothing but a bunch of cold blooded managers
of shocking vice,precipitating the USA in total decadence.
Posted by: Lance Boil | February 02, 2009 at 08:45 AM
Who will pardon Rezko and Rahm Emanuel when the feds catch up to him.?Think of all the money that will be
lost with the departure of this fine public servant elected
twice by the people and who never lost to a republican.
Posted by: Furoncle Burster | February 02, 2009 at 09:23 AM