Blagojevich is apparently ignoring calls to resign and is clinging to power. I really don't know how long he can do this for, as he's pretty much fucked. If he appoints someone to the Senate seat, then Reid and the Senate can block that person (they have the constitutional authority to refuse to seat members) and they might hold a special election and go around the Governor entirely- but apparently they don't want to do that, hoping that Lt. Governor Pat Quinn will take over soon and just appoint someone himself.
Only problem: Blagojevich has yet to leave.
The situation gets stickier by the hour. Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats claims to be 'the clean ones' and their promises to end 'the culture of corruption' are worth about as much as a piece of soiled toilet paper at this point- as they've demonstrated that they too, are not free from the stench of Washington politics. (Plus, just as a bonus: the House Ethics Committee is expanding their probe of Congressman Charles Rangel, so expect that to break at some point.)
Oh and hey- in a nice bonus, Jesse Jackson Jr. has been revealed to be mysterious 'Candidate Number 5' apparently willing to pony up a nice bunch of cash in exchange for the Senate seat- but, it doesn't look like he's directly implicated.
Conservatives are gleefully gloating at the new taint that the scandal could attach to President-Elect Obama. Democrats are denouncing Blagojevich left and right, but the problem hasn't gone away: we need more than just action against one dude. We need house cleaning. Actually accountability would be nice. Higher standards would be nice. A whole new political class would be nice as well.
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