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CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested Tuesday on charges of conspiring to get financial benefits through his authority to appoint a U.S. senator to fill the vacancy left by Barack Obama's election as president....

 

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I don't know why anyone is surprised by this. Chicago's political environment is second only to New Orleans as far as corruption and ethics violations go.

 

If he goes to prison he'll be the fourth Illinois Governor in the past 35 years to do so.

 

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Seems a bit prophetic now.

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