CHICAGO – For sale: One Senate seat. Goes to the highest BLEEP-ing bidder. Seller’s positive feedback rating: since Tuesday, just about zero. Outraged by the arrest of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, more than a dozen people have put the state’s vacant Senate seat up for bid on eBay. More: continued …
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Read More »Well At Least New York's Senate Seat isn't on eBay – Huffington Post
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