Like all things in America:
Blago ousted, banned from ever seeking public office in Illinois again.

From America’s governor:

“Dec. 9 to my family, to us, to me, is what Pearl Harbor Day was to the United States,” Gov. Rod Blagojevich told The Associated Press in an interview Thursday. “It was a complete surprise, completely unexpected. And just like the United States prevailed in that, we’ll prevail in this.”

Looking back at the year in lists: From the best thing we read to four movies we’re sure we saw Bob Foster in and six places to screw dangerously

ILLUSTRATION by ROBERT POKORNY
Somewhere between that last slice of pumpkin pie and the final seconds of the ball drop is one of the year’s proudest journalistic traditions: [...]

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been arrested by the FBI this morning for trying to sell President-elect Obama’s Senate seat, scam Warren Buffet, control editorial content at the Chicago Tribune and more.

Robert Grant, the FBI special agent in charge of the Chicago office, adds about Illinois:
“If it isn’t the most corrupt state in the United [...]