The Blagojevich appointment

Rod seems to have found the one person who wouldn't turn him down if offered the job.  He must have gone down a list to find him - and I also suspect he doesn't like Burris very much, since all this appointment has done is humiliate the guy and all his guilelessness - I get the impression, he's regarded as a lovable loser in Illinois.

Ah,  *just* the person one wants as one's senator.  I'd take Caroline Kennedy over that.  (I actually wouldn't be completely upset if she *were* appointed.  I just hope someone else is.)

Once again,  I think the Illinois state legislature should vote on a replacement themselves.