Thursday, April 02, 2009

Hey Nineteen

That's the number of counts in the indictment handed down today against our old pal Rod Blagojevich. If convicted on all them, Blago would be going away for a long, long time.

It could be that Blago was Patrick Fitzgerald's target the whole time. But I wonder about that. Will Blago give up someone up the food chain? Stay tuned. I strongly suspect that he'll give someone up, especially if Fitzgerald decides to charge Blago's wife as well. Here's a hint, though -- it won't be President Obama.

One thing that is intriguing -- these are RICO charges. That's usually used for mobsters and organized crime. It's not typically used on politicians. But there's no more organized a crime syndicate than Cook County.

Informed speculation is always welcome. That would be your cue, Rich. . . .

2 comments:

Gino said...

forget blogo.

we want your thoughts on notre dame.

Mr. D said...

This weekend, Gino -- I need a dedicated block of time to write it and haven't had one all week long.