Barack Obama and others should relax and let Governor Blagojevich appoint a Senator. I have a suggestion too.
That is Blago's job. The Senate's call for him to resign looks like a knee-jerk response with Blago stonewalling and acting as though he is innocent until proved guilty.
Taint is universal. It is called original sin. A misnomer. Sin has little originality. It involves hubris, imperfection, craziness and simple, banal sheep-like behavior. This time the sheep are the moralists. Blago is the crazy.
So, what?
Legally he can appoint and the Senate can get off its moralistic horse and confirm. We might then owe Blago big time. Maybe help cut him a deal in prison.
My personal U.S. Senate candidate to replace Barack is Chicagoan Diane Nash with whom I once marched in Nashville. I rate her right up there with John Lewis as a Civil Rights Movement Veteran.
Maybe higher.
Right up with Vincent Harding. That is very close to the deity.
Here is Diane Nash's Wikipedia Page.
OK. I am a cock-eyed optimist. But I am right about Blago appointing someone. The moralists need to back off big time and cut a simple, transparent quid pro quo deal with the crazed Governor.
The idea of a $30 million Special Election also needs to be forgotten Big Time. The Republicans will pour money in and win. Another knee-jerker.
Barack should loosen up on this. He looked a bit weird the other day, flanked by the imposing bulk of Mr. Biden and Mr. Gore. This tawdry scene in Illinois is Obama's political nursery. No one will begrudge him a laugh or two. We need a non-stutter response.
I shall update this post today at http://stephencrose.wordpress.com/ there is reason to. Visit anyway for perspicacious remarks on anything at all.
Maybe higher.
I personally liked his anti globalism rhetoric. When I saw him talking anti free trade on Washington Journal I knew he would fall just as hard as Spritzer
And on the auto bail out . OH NOW THE REPUBLICANS WILL NOT GO ALONG WITH BUSH. THEY WERE THERE IN LOCK STEP WITH HIM WHEN HE WANTED TO SPEND MONEY ON EVERY THIRD WORLD RAT HOLE GOING. NOW THAT WE WANT TO SPEND MONEY IN AMERICA , THEY WANT TO PROTECT THE INTREST OF THE FORIEGN AUTO COMPANIES IN THEIR STATES. FOREIGN COMPANIES THAT GET A NO TAX DEAL JUST SO THAT THEY SET UP IN THOSE STATES.
I Think Blago Can Select A Candidate FREE of Taint If he moves quickly and GO OUTSIDE THE BOX with a person who has a SOLID WELL REGARDED REPUTATION! I AGREE with Stephen, Diane Judith Nash is JUST THE RIGHT PERSON, Given The Current Circumstances! Diane Judith Nash (born May 15, 1938 in Chicago) as a leader and Chairman of the Nashville Student Movement, a founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and a major participant in the Southern Christian Leadership Conferences' Birmingham Movement and Selma Voting Rights Movement, was a key force in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement.
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/37556