barack obama was just projected as the president elect of the united states, which is really exciting, but comes at a cost to the state of illinois. as michelle and i sat here watching john mccain’s touching concession speech, we came to realize that as barack moves to dc, that means he’ll be leaving a senate seat open. unfortunately, that means that the power to appoint a new senator to represent our state is made by the governor.
i’m just not too excited about blagoj evich making that decision on our behalf. i need to dig into the process a bit more, but i’m really hoping that either the house or senate, or both, of the general assembly has to approve that appointment.
does anyone know how that works?
