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Journalist wants charged governor to plead insanity

Debate has been raging in journalistic circles about the mental state of the Illinois Governor who last week was charged with attempting to auction off the US Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama for personal gain.

Rod Blagojevich already was under federal scrutiny over alleged ‘pay-to-play’ politics involving the sale of state jobs and contracts for campaign contributions and was caught on tape allegedly pushing an effort to auction the Senate appointment.

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