By — PBS NewsHour PBS NewsHour Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/politics-july-dec08-ifillnotebook_12-10 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Gwen Ifill Discusses Corruption Charges Against Illinois Gov. Blagojevich Politics Dec 10, 2008 3:55 PM EDT Ifill said the future of the junior Senate seat from Illinois is unclear. “He’s empowered by the state constitution as being the only person who can fill that spot, but it’s not clear that he anymore has the credibility to put someone in the Senate seat that anyone is bound to respect or that the Senate is bound to seat,” Ifill said. By — PBS NewsHour PBS NewsHour
Ifill said the future of the junior Senate seat from Illinois is unclear. “He’s empowered by the state constitution as being the only person who can fill that spot, but it’s not clear that he anymore has the credibility to put someone in the Senate seat that anyone is bound to respect or that the Senate is bound to seat,” Ifill said.