Call renewed for resignation of scandal-tainted GOP leader (IL)

[struggle4progress]

DEANNA BELLANDI
Associated Press

BOLINGBROOK, Ill. - ...

The state's central committee approved a motion encouraging Bob Kjellander to resign as an Illinois member of the Republican National Committee based primarily on a "loss of confidence of leadership," GOP leader Andy McKenna said ...

Kjellander is the party's national treasurer and the veteran lobbyist's firm has been criticized for making $800,000 helping a company land business with a bond deal under Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Kjellander's name also has surfaced in a federal investigation of corruption at a state pension system ...

http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/state/16454784.htm

[Critters2]

1. Don't get too excited about this--the Kjellander mess has potential to

bite some Dems in the ass, too. Corruption is a bipartisan activity in Illinois.

[ShockediSay]

2. let the chips (and the bites) fall where they may

we stand to lose more in a system governed and run outside the rule of law

and, frankly, we're sick of it

[Joe Chi Minh]

3. Well said.