Today, Illinois has a new Governor.The old one, Rod Blagojevich made a grand speech in the State Senate. After a last ditch effort to save his job. And they responded by voting 59-0 in favor of both removing from the Governorship and barring Blagojevich from any further office in Illinois!
At about 5:42 PM, Pat Quinn was sworn in as the 41st Governor of Illinois. You can also check out the statement made by former Governor Blagojevich upon learning his fate in the vote by the state Senate.
Below is Quinn being sworn in!
Here are some other links of interest today!
Gone, Gone, Gone! - Broken Heart of Roger's Park
Patrick Quinn is Illinois' governor - Marathon Pundit
The Football - ArchPundit
EXTRA: Whose vote was deciding factor in first removal of an Illinois gov? - Chicago Argus
Quinn sucks up to Springfield - thereisaway.us
Gov. Pat Quinn orders state website home pages to be stripped of Blagojevich name and images by noon Friday - Lynn Sweet
Even Sen. Burris slapping around Blago - Greg Hinz
Sen. Frank Watson Classes Up the Joint - Mechanics
Blagojevich Convicted - Senator Says "It's Bleeping Golden"; Obama's Former Colleagues Say Everybody Knew About Corruption, And No One Did Anything - Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion
OK, I'm thru! Enough linking. I suggest listening to Sen. Frank Watson. I'm sure there were people who offered glee, Watson offered tears. Perhaps tears of regret more than anything and then forcing himself to make the right call!
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