I don't have a source but I overheard a coworker read about how Blago's predecessor was a Dem too

[LynneSin]

You know how the media loves to mislabal corrupt politicans and since Blago is already a democrat they'll start labeing George Ryan as a democrat too (that was the governor before Blago - a republican who is in jail)

[Cha]

1. Yeah, that's how mass myth gets started.

"Ryan was sentenced to 6½ years in prison after a jury in April convicted him and his co-defendant, Lawrence Warner, in a scheme to steer contracts and leases to pals such as Warner.

The appellate court put the appeal on a fast track, with all briefs due by the end of January. Typically, it could take up to a year just to brief a complex case such as Ryan's six-month trial, observers say. Ryan's entire appeal, filed Sept. 20, could be resolved within months of his original Jan. 4 reporting date. If the conviction is upheld, Ryan will have to report to prison right away."
http://www.suntimes.com/news/georgeryantrial/155110,CST-NWS-ryan30.article

"Ryan, 69, a Republican known worldwide as a leading critic of the death penalty, gradually became the focus of a corruption investigation that began even before his 1998 election as governor. The scandal was a factor in his 2001 decision not to seek a second term."

The investigation initially focused on bribes exchanged for licenses for unqualified truck drivers but was later expanded to a range of alleged bribery and other corruption in the Ryan era.

Ryan, who served as secretary of state from 1991 to 1999, has said he knew there was a culture of corruption in the secretary of state's office but was unaware of the specifics."

http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/12/17/ryan.ap/