Article 1. Section 3 (The Senate)

Illinois Gov. Tries to Sell Obama's Senate Seat!

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/ConductUnbecoming/story?id=6424985&page=1

        Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich tries to sell current president, Barack Obama's former senator seat. The FBI have recorded a conversation, Blagojevich was said to have with an Obama stating, ""I've got this thing and it's f***ing golden, and, uh, uh, I'm just not giving it up for f***in' nothing. I'm not gonna do it. And I can always use it. I can parachute me there." Explicit language shows the excitement the illinois governor was feeling. Barack Obama denies any contact with the Illinois governor regarding the ownage of the senate seat. Others confirm that they know for a fact Obama has spoken with Blagojevich about this topic.
        Article 1, section 3 of the U.S. Constitution states that, "No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen." This quotes tells that the senator has to be elected, and nothing else other. Therefore, trying to sell the senate seat would be a crime, a crime that will be taken seriously.
       "Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. said he met with Blagojevich yesterday "for the first time in years" and voiced his desire to fill Obama's empty Senate seat. He said he was "shocked" by Blagojevich's arrest, adding "If these allegations are proved true, I am outraged by the appalling, pay-to-play schemes hatched at the highest levels of our state government." - Abc News reporter
      "No appointment by this governor under these circumstances could produce a credible replacement."  -Sen. Dick Durbin

         This is a very interesting case, I never would have thought in a million years that a congressmen would try and sell a senate seat. Usually dirty jobs like so are kept on the low, I wonder if someone in the past tried the same stunt, and succeeded. I wonder if tips were leaked and this is why the government was so sneaky and prepared for this case. I do not think President Obama had any knowledge of his senate seat being sold, and either way it wouldn't have happened because senators have to be elected. Charger have been brought upon on former Illinois governor Rod Blagoevich, but I think there was more people involved than what they are telling. If he had a convo with someone, that just so happens to get recorded, that means someone had to be in on it, and decided to turn against them and tell the authorities. Time will only reveal the truth, so stay tuned.