or ensure a Democratic Senator??? Perhaps Obama could give Illinois some of the Billion dollars they raised back to the People for an election...
The Populist answer would be an election, but Democrats are about POWER not Populism... http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/17/us/17illinois.html?_r=1&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink >>> Though some Democrats had joined Republicans last week in calling for a >>> special election to remove all taint from the Senate succession, Democratic >>> lawmakers grew leery of the idea because it raised the possibility that a >>> Republican could win the seat. “It’s another shameful display that we’ve seen down here,” said Senator Matt Murphy, a Palatine Republican. “The question that voters have to ask — that the people of Illinois have to ask — is, ‘Do the guys running this state ever tire of disillusioning and disappointing them?’ ” Democrats said they were still trying to sort out how best to select a new senator. They complained that a special election would be expensive. Many seemed hopeful that Pat Quinn, the lieutenant governor and a Democrat, would soon become governor — through Mr. Blagojevich’s impeachment, resignation, criminal conviction or removal by the State Supreme Court — and could make the Senate appointment. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
