The Governor

By: Rod Blagojevich

Narrated by: Rod Blagojevich

The Governor provides the most comprehensive look to date at the life of a twice-elected public official in the notoriously complicated world of Illinois politics. We take a tour through the segregated neighborhoods of Chicago, a city of great ethnic diversity, and see firsthand how those divides can evolve into cabals that rival anything found on the national political scene.

We follow the governor as he is awakened early one morning - his young daughter sleeping peacefully beside him - and unceremoniously arrested by FBI agents without knowing the charges being brought against him. We see the harsh glare of the spotlight, the media whirlwind already staking out his home and family, rushing to judgment before even the governor himself knew what crimes he'd been accused of committing. We follow him through the maze of political conspiracies that threaten to unseat and impeach the governor of the fifth largest state in the U.S. - forces brought to light by the ambition of an attorney general and the greed of her Democratic State Party chairman father - as well as the zeal of a federal prosecutor and the manipulations of a disloyal lieutenant governor.

The behind-the-scenes workings to fill the Senate seat vacated by the most popular President-elect in decades becomes something much more incendiary when wiretapped conversations are used by authorities to commit the arrest. But, as the governor soon learns, those tapes are not allowed to be played at his impeachment hearings in the House or Senate. What is on those tapes? And why will the prosecution not let them be heard if they were the primary factor in initiating the arrest that started this political scandal in the first place?

Quoting from sources as diverse as Jim Wallis' God's Politics to Aeschylus, Shakespeare, and The Purpose Driven Life, The Governor provides not just an inside look at politics on a state and national level but a treatise on the proper place...

©2009 Rod Blagojevich (P)2009 Phoenix

Illinois a Swamp that needs a septic pumping

Great book I gre up in Illinois and was involved in political campaigns. I learned a lot about many of these people in this book many of which now indicted Madigan, Cullerton, Jesse Jackson Jr convicted and served time they were afraid of him getting a senate seat. Current Illinois Senior Senator doesn't know the truth his day will come.

The Governor!

Great story teller! Loved his quote about keeping your head held high going through storm!

I like the honesty here I remember when all this happened

And I remember thinking the same thing, but you never got to hear a full sentence from the governor. All you heard was what the media wanted you to hear and they wanted you to get an opinion from Illinois. I know about Mike Madigan and everything he says is true.

Honesty can be hard.

I enjoyed the honesty of this man. He was very principled in the way he governed. He has a great voice for narration. He was taken down by his own party.

Incredible story!

I am so blown away by Blagojevich's story. I wasn't able to turn this off until I was done with it.
Some of you might already be familiar with a lot of what Blagojevich is saying in his book and some of you might be shocked and in disbelief.
It will be an eye opening for many, and for some a confirmation to what you were suspecting but not believing it's true.

Great book, I wish there was more to it.