Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is being charged with nultiple counts of corruption, including solicitation of bribery and extortion. Prosecutors say he was orchestrating a pay-to-play scheme to get a massive payback for his selection of the next U.S. senator and withheld state aid from the Chicago Tribune until critical writers were fired. So what is the reaction to all of this on Capitol Hill? How does this change the prospects for congressmen like Danny Davis and Jesse Jackson, Jr. of landing the seat vacated by Barack Obama? And how will the next senator now be chosen? We ask George Cahlink, managing editor of Congress Now, a publication of Roll Call.
