NEW : After vote , governor says `` the fix was in from the very beginning '' U.S. Sen. Burris of Illinois : ` I think it is a mistake to say that this election has been fixed. , '' Blagojevich said during a free-for-all news conference outside his Chicago home during which he answered reporters ' questions , hugged supporters and promised a neighbor 's child Blagojevich accused of scheming to sell Barack Obama 's ex-Senate seat .
NEW : After vote , governor says `` the fix was in from the very beginning '' U.S. Sen. Burris of Illinois : ` I think it is a mistake to say that this election has been fixed. Blagojevich accused of scheming to sell Barack Obama 's ex-Senate seat .