Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is arrested today:
"Federal authorities arrested Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich Tuesday on charges that he brazenly conspired to sell or trade the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by President-elect Barack Obama to the highest bidder. Blagojevich also was charged with illegally threatening to withhold state assistance to Tribune Co., the owner of the Chicago Tribune, in the sale of Wrigley Field, according to a federal criminal complaint. In return for state assistance, Blagojevich allegedly wanted members of the paper's editorial board who had been critical of him fired."
By the way, it took the AP until the third paragraph to give us Mr. Blagojevich's party identification. In case you wondered, he is, of course, a Democrat.
Goodness--William Jefferson, Eliot Spitzer, Charlie Rangel, now Blagojevich--the number of Democrats committing ethical lapses is starting to pile up.
