* 11:17 am - The House is going to caucus and adjourning until tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock. That’s when the impeachment debate and vote will take place.
The House impeachment committee will wrap things up today at 3 o’clock.
It’s almost over, folks. One more day.
By the way, tomorrow is Richard Nixon’s birthday. Appropriate.
Today is Elvis Presley’s birthday. Also appropriate.
* 12:19 pm - I should’ve mentioned this yesterday, but our beloved commenter “Bill” was at yesterday’s impeachment committee hearing.
*** 1:21 pm *** This isn’t unreasonable, but perhaps still a stretch…
Republican Representatives like Jim Durkin, who’s from Western Spring, says that objectivity has been undercut by making public the committee’s report recommending Blagojevich be impeached before a committee vote, likely this afternoon.
DURKIN: Something of this magnitude, which we’re investigating, I think it’s important for us to follow the protocol and procedure, which we set out from the first date.
A spokesman for House Democrats says they wanted to make sure members of the House, and the general public, had adequate time to review the report before the committee considered it.
The vote will be up or down on the report itself. You can’t vote up or down if there are no conclusions in the report. So, I get what Durkin’s saying, I just don’t completely agree with it.
*** 1:31 pm *** Thanks to a commenter, Secretary of State Jesse White has replied to Roland Burris’ reply to White’s reply to Burris’ original filing, which seeks to force White to co-sign the governor’s appointment. Got all that? Go here for it all.
Without going into too much detail because I’ve gotta get moving soon, White’s latest filing is pretty devastating to Burris’ case, at least in my own opinion. They’re trying as hard as they can to punt this thing to Harry Reid and his hapless group of DC Democrats, and they seem to be doing a pretty good job of it. We’ll just have to wait and see how, when or even if, the Supreme Court rules on the matter.