What's The Matter With Illinois?
There seems to be something in the water being consumed by Illinois politicians. After the circus which was the Rod Blagojevich investigation and impeachment, his replacement- who "Blago" personally handpicked-Sen. Roland Burris is now himself embroiled in an ethics probe. Burris has come under fire for his admission that he tried to raise money for the former Governor-a fact that he failed to mention under oath...oh, boy! Senator Dick Durban confirmed that a senate ethics investigation was underway. Even staunch supporters of Burris are now asking for him to step down-including several black Chicago ministers. Burris held the obligatory self humiliating press conference where he denied he did anything wrong. Has there ever been anyone ethical that's come out of Chicago Politics? We'll have to wait a little longer to get an answer to that one. This is just one more bad apple from a rotten Illinois political tree.