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Poor Rod Blagojevich doesn’t seem to have any friends left among the lawmakers who will vote to impeach him or not. The vote to start impeachment proceedings was unanimous. Blagojevich’s attorney, Ed Genson, even asked the committee if there was anyone going to stand up for Blagojevich and there was silence. Nobody wants to play with our Illinois governor. 

There was talk of impeaching Blagojevich way before he was arrested back in December. He was losing friends before it really became public all that Blagojevich was up to. There is a lack of trust in the office of governor, and he has brought it all upon himself. 

I think Governor Blagojevich thought he really found a friend when he named Roland Burris to take President-Elect Barack Obama’s seat in the senate. However, Burris has been very cautious and has not in any way defended the governor. Burris has also been asked to testify in front of the impeachment committee that hopes to wrap up the impeachment proceeding this week and give an opinion to the House, whether to impeach or not. They only need a simple majority vote in order to impeach Blagojevich. I see no problem with this since pretty much everyone feels that the governor should be impeached and out of office as soon as possible. It would then require a two-thirds majority vote in the state Senate. 

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