President-Elect now has to ask his own Governor to resign.Blagojevich was arrested Tuesday, accused of scheming to enrich himself by selling Obama's vacant Senate seat. The governor has authority to appoint Senate replacements. Obama and his aides have largely refrained from commenting on the scandal.
In brief comments to reporters Tuesday, Obama said, "Like the rest of the people of Illinois I am saddened and sobered by the news that came out of the U.S. attorney's office today." He did add about Blagojevich's process of considering a successor: "I had no contact with the governor or his office, and so I was not aware of what was happening."
Robert Gibbs a spokesman for Obama said in an e-mail Wednesday that Obama is siding with Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn and "many others" in calling for Blagojevich to step down, also Obama says the Illinois legislature should take up the matter and select a replacement that can serve the people of Illinois.
