1.0 link 149884 <![CDATA[Blagojevich's Magnificent Downfall]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-warren/blagojevichs-magnificent_b_149884.html CHICAGO--Even those most cynical about politics here, who buy into the facile notion that nothing is legit, are moved to demurely ask, "Do you fu**ing believe this?"

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich seems to have pulled his own Guantanamo; blindfolding himself to all playing out around him. As a result, we all have a graduate school primer on how so much of politics work, and an ultimate challenge facing Barack Obama.

Since 2004, there have been many reports about criminal investigations into the nitty gritty of the Illinois system,...

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