Barack Obama jogged only slightly ahead of Rod Blagojevich across the news landscape of the past month, the glistening horizon of a new Camelot ahead, perhaps, but the jagged outline of the clouted city not far behind.
Back off, bleepin' Blagojevich bashers. Rockin' Rod just showed us where to stick our outrage.
Eddie Genson isn't speaking to me these days. Genson is the legendary Chicago defense attorney just hired by our woeful governor, Rod Blagojevich.
No mercy. No, I'm not talking about fast-tracking Gov. Blagojevich for immediate impeachment. That's a no-brainer.
Sun-Times and NBC5 exclusive: Lady Macbeth. Carmela Soprano. Potty mouth. Patti Blagojevich is not any of those, her family said Wednesday. "Patti is a mother, a sister and a devoted wife," her sister, Deborah Mell, told the Chicago Sun-Times and NBC5 in an exclusive interview. "She is particularly protective of her family."
I have a sister and I love her more than I can say. And so, when I saw Deborah Mell rushing into the home of her sister, first lady Patti Blagojevich, after the governor's predawn arrest, her arms full of groceries, I understood completely.
