Lt. Gov: Blago impeached by Feb.
Cartoon from JewishWorldReview.com Kirk Walters
Illinois Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn said he expects embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will be impeached by February 12, when the state celebrates the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth.
“He disgraced himself, he’s disgraced the people of Illinois and the proper thing to do is to step aside and resign,” said Quinn in a Sunday interview on CBS’s Face The Nation.
Quinn said that if he replaces Blagojevich as acting governor, he would fill the Senate seat that had been held by President-elect Barack Obama in a June special election, Until then, he would push the state legislature to make a temporary appointment to fill the seat.
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