Quote of the day: "He's out there like he's talking to his wife in bed."

December 9, 2008

AP's SHARON COHEN via (freep.com)

Chicago political strategist DON ROSE:

It's about greed. He's got to be completely off his rocker to be talking like that at a time when he knows the feds are looking at him. ... He's out there like he's talking to his wife in bed.

I think this is beyond ordinary sanity. We're talking about something clinical here. This is beyond logic. It's beyond greed as we know it.

I consider myself a student of corruption, but I've never heard of this kind of thing going on. The way he's talking about it is lunacy. ... 'Maybe they'll make me secretary of health and human services.' Who's going to hire this guy?

Paul Green, a political scientist at Roosevelt University:

If you're under so much scrutiny by an unbelievably dedicated U.S. attorney's office, why would you risk it all? This is a case less about politics and more about social psychology. ... A hard-nosed Illinois politician wouldn't even dream of doing this, considering the situation.

[Blagojevich] had everything going for him. He could have been the Serbian Obama. He was young, handsome, articulate.

Young, yes? Handsome and articulate? "F**k you!"