Matthew, here in the land of Lincoln, Obama and Gov. Blago, they are talking of having their, as they refer to it "Con-Con". Now, this was voted down in November. So, as with California and the "gαy Marriage" bill, they are thinking of ignoring the people and having this convention anyway. The pretense is that with Illinois "collapsing in turmoil" this will allow them to deal with getting rid of Blago and picking a new governor and state senator.
I have been thinking, since this rot from Illinois is going to go right up to the newly elected President and taint his presidency (at the very least Rahm Emanuel will go) that this could be the spark that takes down government (collapse has we have talked of here before).
I see that Gov. Bill Richardson is going under investigation as well.