For Sale: Barack Obama's senate seat
That's the allegation facing the governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, who has been arrested and released on bail. The FBI has made public which includes transcripts of telephone conversations.
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Comment number 1.
At 10th Dec 2008, dennisjunior1 wrote:it is not surprise...that the governor is accused of selling the seat!
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Comment number 2.
At 10th Dec 2008, U11831742 wrote:This an argument for a change in the system to remove nominating powers from governors. The only democratic alternative is to run a by-election. Even allowing parties to nominate a replacement would create corruption possibilities.
Ironically, this governor was elected on a promise to clean up public life in a state renowned for corruption. Which goes to show how power itself can corrupt.
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Comment number 3.
At 11th Dec 2008, SmasherLagru wrote:2 things that are not surprising - firstly the story will disappear, secondly how hard it is to find references to the fact that he's a Democrat.
Meanwhile the Democrats are trying to steal a senate seat in Minnesota. The precents they've lost in they want a hand-count - unless the handcount makes things worse when they want to go back to the machine count.
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