Good Lord:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081209/ap_on_re_us/blagojevich_corruption_probe
Two observations:
- Given the impeccable logic of Rod’s thoughts on the value of a Senate seat, why discuss selling it at all? That’s like selling the family silver; Rod gets some money but remains stuck in Springfield while whoever gets appointed has the national post, corporate contacts, role for the wife, etc. Dick Durbin is 64 and might be in the Senate for another twenty years – this was Rod’s only shot. Take it.
- I can’t believe this is going to be the Senate appointment scandal instead of the looming Caroline Kennedy nomination, which is truly preposterous. 15% of the Senate has an immediate family member who was/is in the Senate, but even by our loose standards, nominating someone because she was the daughter of a famous President (who died when she was six) and niece of two other famous people is pretty ridiculous. Bad enough that NY is stuck with only two Senators for such a huge population; they at least deserve two people who have actually done something for NY.
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