Iillinois Governor Arrested by FBI

Down in Orange County, we've got former Sheriff Mike Carona on trial for campaign dirty work and giving a top job to the man who helped illegally raise money to get him elected. Today, we can relate to Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (D), who was taken into custody by federal authorities for two counts that involve defrauding the people of Illinois. It's speculated that Blago was involved in a pay-to-play scheme has extended to his search to replace Sen. Obama. And not only that, he promised money and state services in exchange for the firing of Chicago Tribune editorial members who were critical of him and his administration. Too bad, he wanted to be named Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Obama administration.

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Cue the right-wing noise machines efforts to smear obama with guilt-by-association. drudge already got the big red letters,sirens blazing, and fox news echoing this story.

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He wasn't named Secretary of HHS. He wanted to be among other things.

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