from the Chicago Tribune

I spent most of the morning on pins and needles. I was a huge Rod Blagojevich fan (read with plenty of sarcasm). He completely flaunted the law, even starred in a reality TV show, not to mention the puzzlement over how he could have even gotten elected to such a high office with no major skills in the first place. (I know - that part sounds a little like Rick Perry.) He just had that special something. As you know, he was railroaded convicted of trying to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat. So the Feds had a few tapes of him asking what he could get for that seat. That's nothing... unless a jury of your peers says that it is indeed something. Today, the judge decided that the former Illinois Governor needed to do about 14 years. It is more than time for him to exit the stage.