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...state so plagued by cronyism and shady self-dealing that the head of the FBI here didn't hesitate to call Illinois one of the - if not the - most corrupt states in the nation, Lieut. Governor Pat Quinn is considered something of a Goody Two-Shoes. Responsible for slashing the size of the state legislature, he has been booed by legislators on the capitol floor. He keeps a minimal staff and is said to charge $75 a ticket for fundraisers - at a time when entry to most is well into the hundreds if not thousands of dollars. The former...
...state continues to grapple with the shocking allegations against Quinn's boss, Governor Rod Blagojevich, that kind of law could have come in handy. But even without it, Quinn could soon be taking the reins of power in the state, including possibly making the U.S. Senate appointment that got his boss in so much trouble in the first place. (Read TIME's top 10 scandals...
...Quinn has been more than a tad outspoken since U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald's office filed the 76-page complaint last Tuesday. At various times, he has said that "Illinois is in crisis" and that "when you have all five constitutional officers, when you have members of Congress, when you have the U.S. Senator from Illinois, Richard Durbin, when you have the President-elect urging you to step aside, I think that's about as high...
...Sunday, Quinn and Madigan made the rounds of national talk shows, saying the evidence and allegations against Blagojevich - that he engaged in pay-to-play politics for years, tried to purge the Chicago Tribune editorial board and, perhaps worst of all, tried to auction off a Senate seat - made it all but impossible for him to govern. "I hope the governor does resign," Quinn said on NBC's Meet the Press. "I think that's best for the people of Illinois, as well as for himself and his family...
...most accounts, Quinn hasn't even spoken to Blagojevich - with whom he was twice elected, in 2002 and 2006 - in more than a year. At one point, as Quinn was pressing the governor over taxes and electricity rates, Blagojevich said Quinn was no longer a part of his administration. "Quinn is known as a gadfly," Blagojevich told a radio station last year. "That's one of his charming qualities...