Blagojevich booted

Illinois Governor Blagojevich has been impeached after a 4-day-trial in the Illinois Senate. This is a first for any Illinois governor, and was followed up with another vote banning him from holding any elected office in Illinois for life.

Mr Blagojevich has now been replaced as governor by Patrick Quinn, a fellow Democrat and the state's lieutenant governor.
Senators voted 59-0 against him after an impeachment hearing, despite his claim that he had "done nothing wrong" and there was no evidence of a crime.
After being sworn in, Mr Quinn told the senate "the ordeal is over".
He said the elected representatives had "reflected the will of the people".

All of this came out of FBI recordings in which the former governor attempted to sell President Barack Obama's vacated senate seat. Ah, the joys of innocent Chicago politics.