Ill governor senate appointment may be shrewd

[WillieW]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090101/ap_on_re_us/illinois_governor

Ill. governor's Senate appointment may be shrewd
appointment enough to save the embattled two-term Democrat in the face of nearly universal opposition?

"There's no empathy for him because he's done a good thing," said state Sen. Donne Trotter, a black Democrat from Chicago who would vote whether to convict Blagojevich if the Illinois House impeached him.

Blagojevich's surprising appointment of Roland Burris was officially rejected by Secretary of State Jesse White as expected Wednesday. Burris responded by filing paperwork asking the Illinois Supreme Court to force White to certify his appointment.

Federal prosecutors, meanwhile, asked a judge for another . . . .