Blagojevich sure blew it . . .

Dammit, why are politicians idiots? The current Governor of Illinois sure seems to be an idiot. And it seems that the Senate seat recently vacated by Barack Obama will remain empty for a while, as Blagojevich is now under too much of a cloud to credibly appoint a replacement.

I'm not at all uncomfortable with Illinoians selecting their new Senator rather than a single individual doing it, in any case. I just hope they get to do so very soon.

In any case, I hope this gets handled gracefully quite soon. If the alegations against Blagojevich are true (as seems to be the case, given the evidence aleged to be available), I cannot believe the selfish bastard would risk besmirching the new president's previous office so soon after he vacated it! If the alegations prove untrue, I sure hope they nail whoever made them to the wall, as I'd suspect some Rovian-style guilt-by-association attempt to be in the works . . . Unfortunately, I suspect it's rather the former instead. :-p