Cashing out: Money at the root of Blagojevich’s rise and fall (The Pantagraph)
NEW 11:15 a.m. CHICAGO -- Money got Rod Blagojevich elected, and in the end it ruined his political career. The affable showman with the Elvis Presley hair and John Wayne swagger reveled in his rags-to-riches story: the son of working-class immigrants rising to become Illinois governor. | Blagojevich calls removal a 'hijacking' | Photo gallery: Quinn in Central Illinois