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Normally, during the holiday season things slow down on the scandal front. Once again Governor Blagojevich has shown us that we are not living in normal times.
Arrest, impeachment proceedings, Senate appointment, Jesse White and Harry Reid refusing to play along, Fitzgerald seeking an extension, Burris going to court, etc. Just when you think things can't get any stranger they do.
The sobering reality is that once the soap opera known as Rod Blagojevich as Governor is over, the State of Illinois is facing a serious budgetary and financial crisis. With Blagojevich holding office those problems won't even begin to be dealt with. However, when Lt. Governor Pat Quinn becomes Governor those problems will not magically disappear with Blagojevich's exit from the scene.
The coming crisis in state government won't have the same outlandish aspects of Governor Blagojevich's travails, but the impact it will have on the public will be severe and long lasting. Already the state is well behind in paying its bills.
I don't claim to know what will happen, but the days of incremental change are behind us. To borrow a phrase from Rod Blagojevich, the crisis is going to "rock the system."
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