Former Governor Rod Blagojevich is trying to present a different portrait of himself in his new book The Governor.
Kent Redfield, a political science professor at the University of Illinois-Springfield, says it's too late for Blagojevich to resuscitate his reputation. "I think the judgment is pretty clear ... that he was a complete disaster (as governor) in addition to being completely corrupt," Redfield says. "He's become a sideshow."
Redfield's comments were featured in a September 8, 2009 edition of USA Today.
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