Madigan: Less than zero chance for Senate nod
November 18, 2008
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says the chance is ''less than zero'' that Gov. Rod Blagojevich will offer her President-elect Barack Obama's former seat in the U.S. Senate.
Madigan on Tuesday said she doesn't think she was even being considered and she's thinking instead about a possible run for Blagojevich's job.
The Chicago Democrat also said she liked her job as attorney general.
Blagojevich has to name someone to replace Obama because the former junior senator from Illinois is headed to the White House.
The governor has said he wants to name Obama's replacement by Christmas.
Madigan's father, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, is the governor's political nemesis. AP