After days and days of talking only to the media, Gov. Rod Blagojevich has finally decided to address the lawmakers who are inching closer to removing him from office.

During the trial proceedings just now, State Senate President John Cullerton dropped a bombshell: the governor has requested to appear before the chamber tomorrow. Blagojevich will act as his own attorney and deliver his closing argument. (Apparently, those weren't his last words from the lectern, after all.)

Blagojevich will have an hour-and-a-half to make his case. Then House prosecutor David Ellis will issue a 30-minute rebuttal period before members of the Senate head into deliberation to decide whether they’ll convict the governor.

Senate Republican leader Christine Radogno is urging Cullerton, on behalf of her caucus, to grant Blagojevich’s request for an appearance. Cullerton indicated that his caucus is also willing to hear the governor out.

The trial will resume at 10 a.m. tomorrow. First up: the prosecution’s closing argument, followed by Blagojevich's presentation at 11 a.m.