Big surprise...effective Sunday (11/15/08), Obama will resign his Illinois Senate seat. Guess he's just gonna be too busy being President to be able to be a Senator too. ;-)
It will now be up to Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to appoint his successor, who will serve until 2010.
First Read lists possible candidates as "Reps. Jesse Jackson Jr., Jan Schakowsky and Melissa Bean; Tammy Duckworth, the unsuccessful 2006 House candidate who now heads the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs; Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan; and State Comptroller Dan Hynes."
Photo: Associated Press
