Well, Illinois is a blue state, so I guess it makes sense we have a governor who's a flip-flopper.
From AP:
As a candidate, Rod Blagojevich promised to end the practice of letting lawmakers earmark money for their favorite projects. As governor, he's approving those projects and talking about authorizing even more.
Blagojevich said Thursday he doesn't see a contradiction.
The Democratic governor said his earlier criticism was aimed at the way the money was handed out — as a pool to be divvied up according to lawmakers' wishes with little public review.
Now that he can review the projects, Blagojevich said, he has found the "overwhelming number" to be worthwhile uses of state money.
Blagojevich said he is talking to legislative leaders about approving more of the "member initiatives" if they can agree on a screening process to make sure all the projects support education, health care or the economy.
Oh, Blagojevich is up for re-election next year.
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