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Posted at 1:12pm on Jun. 11, 2008 Blue on Blue: And lo, there were rumors of impeachment in the Illinois legislature.

Obama campaign no doubt about to preemptively issue a "____ was not the man that I knew" press release.

By Moe Lane

Breitbart has some details of a very interesting memo:

Memo outlines Illinois gov's potential impeachment

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The speaker of the Illinois House is circulating a memo outlining how legislative candidates can call for impeachment hearings against the governor, calling corruption during his tenure "a tumor."

A spokesman for House Speaker Michael Madigan, who is also chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois, said the memo is intended for candidates who have requested more information if voters ask about Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich and potential impeachment.

The memo sent to some House Democratic candidates, obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, offers a rundown of Blagojevich's alleged "misdeeds and malfeasance" and detailed talking points on the merits of impeachment.

Division Street has what purports to be the entire memo: feel free to read it, then come back here for discussion.

Read on.

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Posted at 9:37am on May 14, 2008 Rekzo trial goes to jury.

The most avidly watched, but hardly mentioned, trial of this year.

By Moe Lane

The baby just woke up, so let me make this quick. Via Instapundit:

Antoin 'Tony' Rezko's fate now lies with the jury
Prosecutors, defense wrap up closing arguments

By Jeff Coen and Bob Secter | Tribune reporters

The federal corruption trial that has sent ripples through the administration of Gov. Rod Blagojevich has reached its final stage, and the fate of political insider Antoin "Tony" Rezko is now in the hands of the jury.

The panel that spent more than two months listening to testimony deliberated for about half an hour Tuesday afternoon after closing arguments ended.

If they bring back a guilty verdict, I'll be shocked if it goes to sentencing. Rezko will want to make a deal, and he knows the magic word: "Blagojevich." It's considered impolite to say by many, but everybody reading this knows that Illinois State politics is one happy bipartisan mess of corruption, influence-peddling, bribery, and a wide variety of other activities prosecutable under the RICO Act. It may be too much to hope that flipping Rezko will result in the kind of housecleaning that Jindal is trying down in Louisiana, but at least the cockroaches will scurry - with any luck, some of them out of the USA altogether.

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