Obama should have his people make a call to him threatening to finish off his entire family politically if he continues with this nonsense.
All legally of course.

Illinois democrats can start the threats off by investigating anything his wife or father in law may have done in the past. That is presuming there are enough honest Illinois democrats who can make a difference.

The man is stunning in his stupidity.

Ridiculous.  Coleman too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=konL35ur0 Bo&eurl=http://hotair.com/archives/2 008/12/09/obama-i-never-talked-to-blagoj evich-about-the-senate-seat-axelrod-yes- he-did/

Are you seriously going to insult my intelligence by saying Axelrod misspoke? Why the hell does Obama have to say that shit that he was unaware of anything that was going on and that he did not have contact with the governor? Why not just say "look, i talked to the guy, but he never dared to shake me up for money directly. We will see where this investigation goes. But his behavior is not acceptable."

Just be that direct. Obama could gain many more fans. Why this diplomatic bullshit by Obama?  Even his body language was pitiful. Keith Olberman seemed a tad disappointed by the tone of the response too. Obama is no longer on the campaign trail. Let it loose.

Blagojevich needs to committed to a mental institution for what he's done.

The more Blago lashes out and the more he tries to hold the seat hostage, the more I think it helps the Democratic Party.  The crazier he gets the more he looks like a rogue nutjob than a poster child for endemic party corruption.

Pat Quinn was on WGN...

Blago will not remain in office.    He won't resign either.

Apparently there is a stature in the Illinois Constitution that allows temp removal if the Governor can't perform his duties.  Lisa Madigan is looking into using this as well.  

It the State Supreme Court doesn't accept this, then we will see impeachment.   But the legislature will turn the screws hard on Blago.

Nobody from Illinois is surprised.

I wrote earlier today that I never thought he'd resign..

UNLESS....

they bring him enough stuff to get his wife indicted. (she's a crook too. learned at her Daddy's knee).

It'd be a cold man who'd want his children to lose their father AND mother.

Plus, it's not like he would want his kids to wind up with the in-laws. He and his father-in-law HATE ONE ANOTHER.

Yesterday Blagojevich says IL is not doing business with Bank Of America. Today He goes to jail. I think we know why the "pre-emptive strike" happened when it did.

I can fully understand that a politician is legally prohibited from personally taking money for a bribe.  If Blagojevich did that, there is no question about prosecution.  

What I would like to know is to what extent can a man in the Illinois governor's position trade on his decisions of appointment to enhance his own power.  Isn't that part and parcel of politics?  It is an unsightly, maybe even ugly activity.  It is something that is usually done out of the view of the public.  But is that illegal in and of itself.  

We always hear that there are personal advantages for a governor appointing one candidate over another.  We usually don't hear the politiican weighing those advantages aloud, because they are rarely wiretapped.

I wish all politicians were interested in the benefit of their actions for the public rather than for themselves.  I am not pollyanna-ish enough to believe that always occurs.  Someone help me by defining the lines of ethics and law involved here.