Wednesday, December 10, 2008
News / Chicagoland The loneliness of the long-distance governor
Posted by Whet Moser on 12.10.08 at 11:06 AM
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Mr. Blagojevich had grown increasingly isolated in recent years, particularly from his own state’s Legislature and even from his father-in-law, Dick Mell, a powerful longtime Chicago alderman who showed him the political ropes as a younger man.
The governor was rarely seen around his offices in Chicago and Springfield, preferring instead to spend time at home on the North Side.
“I believe he became a prisoner of his own home,” Mr. Jacobs said.
There's also the fact that he was stunningly unpopular and virtually powerless outside of his inherent powers as governor, but I think that might be a chicken-or-the-egg question.
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