Governor Emperor

St. Louis Post Dispatch on Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Blagojevich is the least popular governor in the nation, and for good reason. (The men's room at the Dem convention may be too good for him):

But last week's surprise announcement by the second-term Democrat — that he intends to unilaterally rewrite as many as 50 bills the Legislature has sent him, to reflect his own priorities — has stunned even those who thought they'd seen it all in the past six years.

It has some in Springfield warning of an imperial governorship in the making. [snip]

"He's trying to look at these limited-scope bills and make them better," said Blagojevich spokesman Lucio Guerrero. "He's tried to go through the Legislature, but everything he does gets blocked, so he's trying a different way."

That, some allege, is another way of saying he is doing away with the separation of powers written into the state constitution.

"This is a move from the executive branch into the legislative branch," said Senate Minority Leader Frank Watson, R-Greenville. "There's a real danger here."

Blagojevich is unrestrained in his grab for power. What next, crowning himself emperor?

Illinois is at risk as long as it remains essentially a one party Democrat state:

The administration hasn't specified the approximately 50 bills that are awaiting Blagojevich's signature and might be "rewritten," except one: a measure that would outlaw campaign contributions from state contractors to the politicians who control their contracts. Blagojevich has said he wants to write additional provisions into that bill to make it stronger.

This political cover won't work--the entire state can see the emperor has no clothes. Remember, all the Dems were lined up behind this corrupt piece of...work when he ran--Mike Madigan was his campaign manager.

Note: Show me the spending. Illinois here.

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