On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:59:49 -0600, Lou Decruss wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 16:23:46 -0600, "Gregory Morrow" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>Michael "Dog3" wrote:
>>
>>> "Gregory Morrow" >
>>> m: in rec.food.cooking
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Lou Decruss wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> ...I'm just
>>> >> sitting down for a few minutes to take a break and RFC is always good
>>> >> entertainment.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > For once real - life "events" are more "entertaining" than the usual
>>> > shenanigans here on rfc, Lou...whoulda thunk it...???
>>>
>>> Did you bid on the Senate seat ;-) I did but got outbid on it. Last I
>>> heard they didn't get the price they wanted so it goes on eBay next week.
>>>
>>
>>
>>Blago is now out on bail ($4500.00!) and until he resigns or is impeached
>>(there is no legal mechanism in IL to impeach a governor...) he still has
>>the power to appoint a Senator. Some wags are saying that he'll appoint a
>>right - wing Republican like Jim Oberweis (he's run for and lost a variety
>>of state races) just to spite Obama...stay tuned!
>
> Oberweis is obsessed with winning something. His wife dumped him over
> his obsession. The spite issue would be fun but I seriously doubt
> blago will have anything to do with the appointment.
>
> Lou

as far as i know, the senate could refuse to seat anyone they found too
outlandish:

"The Constitution gives the Senate the ultimate authority to decide the
qualifications of any of its members," Senate associate historian Don
Ritchie said.

After the governor's arrest, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada,
called the charges against Blagojevich "appalling and represent as serious
a breach of the public trust as I have ever heard."

"It is clear that anyone Gov. Blagojevich appoints to the Senate will
fairly or unfairly be tainted by questions of impropriety," Reid said. "A
different process to select a new senator must be put in place, and that
process should not involve Gov. Blagojevich." Video Watch what is in the
Blagojevich complaint »

If Blagojevich's designee presented his credentials to the Senate, members
could vote to reject the credentials, Ritchie said.

The senators also could vote to allow the designee to participate in Senate
business while they launch an investigation and then reject the designee if
they find he or she was seated improperly, Ritchie said.

The last time the Senate refused to seat a senator was in 1913 when it
decided not to seat a designate from Alabama. At the time, the Senate found
that the Alabama legislature had not given the governor the power to
appoint senators.

<http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/10/blagojevich.senate.seat/index.html>

your pal,
blake