The only upside to this whole deal is that it hit on a Friday before the holiday. Otherwise, this is just huge.
Lisa might refer to this as the Bill Brady can bite me letter. Notice the dates of the conversation were in May, fully a week before Brady apparently asks Madigan to break the law by disclosing Grand Jury rules.
Some early comments over at the Capitol Fax suggest this lets Blagojevich off the hook because no indictments will come down until after the election. The indictments might be that far off, but this also gives reporters license to tell their editors there is something there and they should be given the time to track it down.
I’ve argued an indictment would swing the election, I’d say this makes it very unstable and a toss-up. It also means it’ll get nasty fast.
Funny how Fitzgerald isn’t so diligant about going after violations of the FBI and CPD’s “no spying on domestic political groups” consent decrees. He seems to be very selective in the kind of corruption he is so righteous about investigating.
Cranky
There is a good alternative for Democrats. It’s called the Green Party, they’ve got the signatures to get on the ballot, but they still need lots of help and volunteers.