Blagojevich's Smart Move

Boy, does Blago know how to play the game. Genius move, the Roland Burris appointment. He has defied all the other corrupt politicians in Chicago―excuse the redundancy―calling for his resignation. He has injected race into the matter with the help of Rep. Bobby Rush, a former Black Panther and big-time philanthropist who has whole-heartedly supported Burris, ignoring any potential tarnish. Rush famously and hilariously once stated, "Barack Obama went to Harvard and became an educated fool. Barack is a person who read about the civil-rights protests and thinks he knows all about it." So you can feel the Obama-love right there; it's the same level of love that Blago himself has fo' the President Elect.

He has also made good on his promise to "stay and fight" and in my opinion, is implicitly daring all the other folks involved, mostly Democrats, to show their cards. My take is that he sees a possibility for parachuting out of this, but just in case he's going to take some people down with him. Or at the very least make them sweat like spear-wielding hunters encircling a wounded tiger, each afraid that the beast's last leap will be directed at him. Welcome to the jungle, fellas.