Illinois' senior Senator calls for a change in state law to allow the president-elect's successor to be chosen in a special election.
"No appointment by this governor under these circumstances could produce a credible replacement."
Plus: Chicago Mayor Daley reacts: "The selection of a U.S. Senator is vitally important to the future of this state and this country.... If it's true it's a very, very sad day."
Sen. Reid: "The state of Illinois is on kind of a bad run."
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