http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090101/ap_on_re_us/illinois_governor]Ill. governor's Senate appointment may be shrewd (AP) [/URL]



AP - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's choice of a veteran black politician to fill President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat could be a shrewd move, potentially helping win over black lawmakers eyeballing his impeachment and perhaps even jurors in his corruption case. But is the appointment enough to save the embattled two-term Democrat in the face of nearly universal opposition?