Beltway Snark

So how long before Obama makes this all go away?

A three-year federal corruption investigation of pay-to-play politics in Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s administration has expanded to include his impending selection of a new U.S. senator to succeed President-elect Barack Obama, the Tribune has learned.

Federal authorities got approval from a judge before the November general election to secretly record the governor, sources told the Tribune, and among their concerns was whether the selection process might be tainted. That possibility has become a focus in an intensifying investigation that has included recordings of the governor and the cooperation of one of his closest friends.

There are going to be a bunch of Chicago heavyweights, people to whom Obama owes his career to, leaning on him hard to make this stop. People who would be all too happy to chat about the parts of Obama’s Chicago past that the MSM didn’t bother investigating. People that can make a few skeletons come out of the closet. And if you don’t believe that there would be people willing to stoop so low,  I suggest you brush up on the history of Chicago politics.

Yeah, you can tell I’m thrilled at the prospect of having a POTUS that can be bribed/coerced into letting certain people off the hook.