Well, if the excitement of our junior U.S. Senator becoming the first African American prez isn't enough, how do you like our Governor being lead out of his house in cuffs? Wow! Blago has had a lot of problems dealing with even his own party. He isn't well liked among the well educated in Chicago. But he did do a few good things as governor. And he is stubborn enough to not resign. It's going to be interesting times. If the maverick (that word pops up again!) Pat Quinn becomes governor, won't that be something? Who would have guessed it?

Quinn now says that if he becomes Gov., he'll probably go ahead and appoint someone to be senator. Of course, the media is saying that's because they don't want to go thru with a special election because the Dems might lose. I'm going to say right now that I think the idea that a republican could win Obama's seat just because Blago turned out to be dumb is a ridiculous idea. This seat will remain democratic, for better or worse.

Hold onto to your hat, more to come!