Blago 'Swears' in Senate

Governor Rod Blagojevich just swore. Well, that's not news, what with all the f-bombs the potty-mouthed governor is used to tossing about. Today, however, he swore in the Illinois senate for their next session.

Ironically, it is this same body, the Senate, that may end up fully removing Blago from office. Last week the Illinois House of Representatives impeached the governor in a vote of 114-1, and if the senate does the same, he'll be gone from office.

Bad Boy Blago has been accused of selling off former U.S. Senator and current President-Elect Barack Obama's empty seat. If the governor is impeached by the senate and removed from office, he nonetheless gets his day in court. It is there he will be faced with federal charges of corruption and attempting to sell an appointed seat.

I have maintained, and still do, that the Illinois legislature certainly has the right to impeach Blagojevich. I am still not convinced that he has committed a felony, for which he would be found guilty and sent to jail.

Complicating matters for outsiders, the federal prosecutor has kept evidence out of the public's eye. Perhaps Blago did actually exchange the cash for the job. If he did not, I believe it will be very difficult to prosecute and convict him.

In the meantime, The Bad Boy, is performing his gubernatorial job as if nothing has transpired to make this an extraordinary event. First, he appointed Roland Burris to replace Obama and caused a firestorm for days in the process. Then he welcomes his future hangmen home to the senate. It's simultaneously perfectly normal... and strangely surreal.

Will the governor go easily? I take him at his word; he will never resign. It is, therefore, up to the feds to prove their case in court, with evidence that proves more than the governor talking big and swearing like crazy - beyond his role as governor, like today.
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