Illinois officials, including the state's attorney general, are saying today that Gov. Rod Blagojevich is going to make an announcement on Monday, and some are speculating that he will step down — or at least "step aside."
That's how Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan put it on "Meet the Press."
"I don't know if that means he will resign or take another option that is provided under the Illinois constitution," she said, explaining that the governor could "voluntarily recognize that there is a serious impediment to his ability to carry out his duties, and therefore temporarily remove himself."
It doesn't seem to me that a "temporary" solution is what Illinois officials want — never mind what Blagojevich wants.
While they've been trying to sort out that mess in Illinois, apparently the writers at "Saturday Night Live" have already figured it out.
I must admit that I didn't watch the show last night. But it apparently opened with a scathingly funny parody of the Blagojeviches and a "Weekend Update" routine called "Really!" — in which Amy Poehler, in what was apparently her final show, and Seth Meyers took the governor to task on everything.
"You should resign," Meyers said. "Even Illinois politicians are saying you should resign, and when Illinois politicians think you're too corrupt, you're too corrupt."
As Phil Rosenthal observes in the Chicago Tribune, "Now we know how they feel in Wasilla, Alaska."
I guess the next step would be to empathize with Whittier, Calif.
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