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Last Updated on Friday, 12 December 2008 11:49 Written by rslcpol Friday, 12 December 2008 11:49
From Chicago Sun Times:
Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn said today if he becomes governor, his “first assignment” would be appointing a successor to Barack Obama, and he urged state legislators to launch impeachment proceedings against Gov. Blagojevich next week if he doesn’t resign before then.
Quinn stopped short of saying he would veto legislation to establish a special election next spring to fill the state’s vacant U.S. Senate seat, but he cited the multimillion-dollar expense of holding a vote and the fact it conceivably might not be resolved until June as reasons he might move on his own to anoint an Obama successor if Blagojevich departs.