Bye bye, Blago

Unsurprisingly, the Illinois Senate voted to remove Rod Blagojevich from office, 59-0. It's the first time in the state's history that its governor has been impeached.

Lt. Gov. Patrick Quinn is now promoted to Illinois Gov. Quinn.

Hopefully the people of Illinois can put all this negativity behind them now...

Blagojevich impeached by state house

The Illinois House voted 114-1 to impeach Gov. Blagojevich. Now we wait for the trial in the Illinois Senate to begin on January 26.

No surprise there. Since the scandal broke, there has been strong criticism from state lawmakers to remove Blago from office. And what was the governor doing? Jogging, getting in shape for a good fight. He's already fought the media, the Senate Democrats in Washington, and now his own state legislature. He's one tough Chicago politician for sure...