That's the allegation facing the governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, who has been arrested and released on bail. The FBI has made public a 76-page affidavit which includes transcripts of telephone conversations.
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Comment number 1.
At 02:19 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 08:32 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 22:50 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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