2014 Prediction: A 'Get Out of Jail' Card for Rod Blagojevich

cnsnews ^ | Jan. 3, 2014 | Barbara Hollingsworth

[PROCON]

Here's my New Year's prediction: Former Illinois Democratic Governor Rod Blagojevich will only serve a fraction of his 14-year sentence.

After two headline-grabbing trials in Chicago, Blagojevich was convicted on 18 counts of political corruption, including trying to sell Barack Obama's old Senate seat, and was sent to a federal prison in Colorado 21 months ago. But Blagojevich probably won't do all 14 years of his time, even though he admitted to making "terrible mistakes" in a non-specific "apology" in which he also claimed that he "never set out to break the law."

[PROCON]

"there isn't a day that goes by that my daughters and I don't feel the emptiness of the absence of my husband. We've just gone through our second Thanksgiving, coming up on our second Christmas without him.

Boo-Hoo, what a great guy your 'Ol Rod is...

[Doogle]

..your stimulus money at work

[DoodleDawg]

I don’t disagree with her logic, but it’ll be 2016 on Obama’s way out the door.

[Georgia Girl 2]

I am betting Barry pardons Blago as he leaves office in 2016.