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Meet Blago's Unlikely Replacement

Crusader Quinn promises to 'fumigate' state government

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 30, 2009 11:37 AM CST

(Newser) – Rod Blagojevich never wanted Patrick Quinn as his running mate. Few Democrats would. Quinn is a notorious gadfly, who’s spent 40 years ruffling feathers with his populist crusades and citizens’ initiatives, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. He’s not planning on calming down as governor,... Read full story »

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