1.0 link 151839 <![CDATA[Blago and Me]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/neil-mccarthy/blago-and-me_b_151839.html So now we have spent the better part of two weeks with the news that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevitch was trying to trade Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat for political contributions and some up front money.

All the usual suspects showed up. The earnest prosecutor professing shock at the sight of a sitting public servant arranging an apparent bribe. The editorialists bemoaning the state of a state where corruption appears endemic. The other politicians running for cover, with those caught on...

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