Anyone who pays any attention to Illinois politics knows that palms generally need to be greased for anything to get done. The center of this is usually Chicago, but the palm-greasing happens plenty in Springfield too. So now comes current governor, Rod Blagojevich, who allegedly put President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat up for sale, with the out that he would take the seat himself. He actually said, "I'm not giving this seat up for nothing."
No one should be surprised that this happened. However, if the allegations are true, I am surprised at how blatant he was in auctioning off Obama's Senate seat.
Of course, there is nothing new about corruption in the Illinois governor's office. And, it's bipartisan to boot! Democratic governor Blagojevich followed up Republican governor George Ryan, who is currently doing time for handing out state contracts to his buddies.
If I lived in Illinois, my vote for any office would be based on who doesn't tell me they are going to clean things up. Because, you pretty much know it's crap. You gotta love Illinois.
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