On December 10, 50 Democratic senators signed a letter calling for

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Blagojevich to resign, and were roundly applauded for it. Now, many people want the senators to ignore their previous action and do Blago's bidding? Would that not indicate a lack of spine, and wouldn't they be roundly criticized for going back on their word? We can't have it both ways.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/democrats-blagojevich/

Senate Democrats unanimously call on Blagojevich to resign.»

Huffington Post’s Sam Stein reports that all 50 members of the Democratic Senate caucus have signed Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) letter calling on Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) to “step down from his post and refrain from appointing anyone to the vacated Illinois Senate seat.” The signatories include Vice President-elect Joe Biden and Secretary of State nominee Hillary Clinton. President-elect Barack Obama has also called on Blagojevich to step down.