Get your DVRs ready for Monday morning. Impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich is taking his defense to the national media - apparently hoping that will sway the members of the Illinois Senate who will begin to try him next week. Blago will be interviewed on Good Morning America, The View and Larry King Live on Monday.
Also, the governor hired a Public Relations firm to help him with his image - not his legal defense mind you, but his image - according to a report in the Chicago Tribune. This is the same firm that represents former Bollingbrook police officer Drew Peterson, who is a suspect in the disappearance of his fourth wife. Blago's only hope is to gain sympathy from the public, but it's doubtful how much sympathy he is going to get. On Friday Blago said he was the victim of a conspiracy of the legislature. In Blago's mind, the legislature wants to remove him from power in order to have Pat Quinn, who will become governor upon Blago's ouster from office, raise taxes. Blago wants the people of Illinois to believe he is the only one standing between them and a tax increase - of course this is the same man who proposed the biggest business tax increase in Illinois history.
Instead of a PR firm, Blago should have legal representation in the Senate Chamber next week. But those fellows (in a PR move that's not helping Blago) are refusing to attend the hearings because they claim the hearings are unfair.
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