Illinois Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn: Blago’s Ass Impeached By February
Illinois Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn said he expects embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will be impeached by February 12, when the state celebrates the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth.
“He disgraced himself, he’s disgraced the people of Illinois and the proper thing to do is to step aside and resign,†said Quinn in a Sunday interview on CBS’s “Face The Nation.”
Quinn said that if he replaces Blagojevich as acting governor, he would fill the Senate seat that had been held by President-elect Barack Obama in a June special election. Until then, he would push the state legislature to make a temporary appointment to fill the seat.
Quinn, who was nominated separately from Blagojevich in the primary, said he last spoke with the governor in August 2007.
“I tried to talk to the governor over the last year and a half, he’s a hard guy to reach,†said Quinn.
“He’s isolated. He always has been. He doesn’t really ask other people for their advice other than a very tight palace guard.â€Â
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