Why Blagojevich Won't Resign

by Cal Skinner
So the Chicago Tribune runs a full page editorial Wednesday entitled,

Governor Blagojevich:
RESIGN

It will have as much impact as the editorials calling for a constitutional amendment allowing the recalling of public officials.

This governor is not rich.

He needs his pay check.

He has a mortgage and other household bills to pay.

His wife and daughters need health insurance.

And Blagojevich needs the mental health benefits of his health plan (although he is unlikely to use them unless his lawyer tells him to create a record of seeking help for mental instability).

His campaign fund had $3.6 million in the bank at the end of June.

But it owed $750,000 to Jim Thompson's law firm, Winston & Strawn.

Even if the Governor has raised a couple of million since, who thinks that will be enough to pay his attorneys?

So, anybody think he is going to leave office voluntarily?

Published first on McHenry County Blog.

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