Joel and his panel discuss the week's top headlines: Democrats are jockeying for the Lieutenant Governor's ballot spot vacated by Scott Lee Cohen; Mayor Daley orders a budget review of the Chicago Police Department and wants to give the city's Inspector General the power to investigate aldermen; CTA service cuts are making for a longer commute; the Chicago Auto Show rolls into town; and former White Sox slugger Frank Thomas announces his retirement. Guests:

In the wake of the Scott Lee Cohen debacle, Illinois Speaker of the House Mike Madigan filed legislation to amend the state's constitution to abolish the office of Lt. Governor. We take a closer look at the proposal.

Mayor Daley has ordered all city employees to take 24 unpaid days off this year in an attempt to help balance the city budget. So why are he and the aldermen not required to do the same? Reporter Dan Mihalopoulos will be here with the Chicago News Cooperative story.

We hear what you have to say about some of our recent stories when we read our viewer mail.

Eddie Arruza has the latest in the Blagojevich case as the former Governor goes to court.

We take up the debate over whether or not the U.S. military should end the ban on gays serving. Servicemembers United "Vets Against Repeal Of Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Join The Fight" -- RFFM.org "Obama Reaffirms Desire to End 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'" -- U.S. Department of Defense

We go behind the scenes at The Second City's newest production, Rush Limbaugh! The Musical.

City Hall is bracing for major reform. Chicago's Inspector General would be allowed to investigate City Council members under a new proposal unveiled by Mayor Daley. Elizabeth Brackett sits down with a panel of aldermen for their thoughts.

We talk to Scott Lee Cohen about his gut-wrenching decision to drop out of the race for Lieutenant Governor, his tumultuous week in the spotlight, and what the future holds.

Yesterday during the Super Bowl, Scott Lee Cohen quit the race for lieutenant governor in response to intense controversy. We hear from two of the candidates who lost in the primary to Cohen.

Our panel of journalists take a close look at what happened with Scott Lee Cohen and discuss other possible Democratic nominees for lieutenant governor.

Joel and his panel discuss Tuesday's primary election results: Governor Quinn wins a razor-thin victory against Dan Hynes; Quinn's running mate for Lieutenant Governor, Scott Lee Cohen, is generating plenty of publicity because of his arrest record for domestic battery; Republican gubernatorial hopefuls Bill Brady and Kirk Dillard are locked in a statistical dead heat; Toni Preckwinkle topples embattled incumbent Todd Stroger in the race for Cook County Board President; and Mark Kirk and Alexi Giannoulias are set to square off for President Obama's old U.S. Senate seat.

Dan Hynes conceded to Governor Pat Quinn today. Elizabeth Brackett tells us why the Governor is now calling for his new running mate, Scott Lee Cohen, to step aside.

Election talk today centers on the controversial past of Scott Lee Cohen, the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor. He joins us to talk about it.

Eddie Arruza and his panel discuss how Cohen's candidacy might damage Gov. Quinn and the Democratic Party.

We speak with former senator and gubernatorial candidate Adlai Stevenson. He left the Democratic Party to run as a third-party candidate in 1986 because of problems with that year's candidate for lieutenant governor.