The System Works II
Who will the Trib endorse after the endless series of articles and editorials on the Death Penalty in Illinois?
J-Ry and Birkett as they seem to be leaning towards? Or Blago and Madigan? Blago and Madigan are far from perfect. Rich Miller has a good discussion of Blago’s problems on the Capitol Fax:
STATEWIDE STUFF Is Rod Blagojevich stupid or corrupt? Or was it the arrogance of a sure-winner that convinced him to move a million dollars of campaign money into a southern Illinois bank owned by the husband of State Board of Elections member just days before a vote on whether the board would proceed on an investigation of his campaign? After all, the board eventually voted 8-0 in his favor, and the action was widely expected.
If Blago is elected and he continues doing this sort of thing, he’s gonna have a long and uncomfortable four years in office. And it will just be only four years. He obviously has no internal moral compass, so he’d better keep someone close to him who does.
And Wanda Rednour, the SBE board member who had Blago over to her house for dinner where her husband broached the funds transfer, ought to resign immediately.
But Blago and Madigan haven’t overseen the capital prosecution of an innocent man and refused to take responsibility. Birkett and J-Ry have refused.