From AP:
It started as a routine gubernatorial appointment to a feel-good commission -- so routine that even the governor says he didn't know the details.
But naming a Nation of Islam official to a commission that fights discrimination has exploded into a major election-year dilemma for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, putting him in the middle of a conflict between blacks, Jews and gays.
Even if Blagojevich makes his way through the racial and religious minefield this issue presents, his claim of ignorance about the appointment could reinforce his image of a detached, uninformed governor.
"No matter what he does, he's going to tick somebody off," Rick Garcia, political director of the gay rights organization Equality Illinois, said Friday. "It's completely a no-win situation."
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