Our former illustrious Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was impeached because he was "allegedly" trying to sell the open Illinois Senate seat vacated by President Obama.  He was quoted on an FBI wire tap as saying, "I've got this thing and it's (expletive) golden, and uh, uh, I'm just not giving it up for (expletive) nothing".  What did Blago want in return?  Money. 

Then there's another Chicago politician, this time he's in Washington DC - 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. to be exact.  This politician is struggling to find the votes within his own party to vote for his monstrosity of a health care reform bill.  He knows that if this thing passes, his party and his presidency will have something to finally hang their hat on.  You could almost hear his inner monologue as he ponders, "I've got this thing and it's (expletive) golden, and uh, uh, I'm just not giving it up for (expletive) nothing".  (Just off hand, does President Obama's inner voice use a teleprompter also?)  Then it dawns on him!  There's an empty judgeship he needs to fill and Rep. Jim Matheson (D - UT) just happens to have a brother who wants that job.  Lo and behold, President Obama nominates Scott Matheson for the empty judgeship and thereby has another possible vote.  Blago has got to be proud the way that went down.

The bloggers go wild, the White House denies, Orrin Hatch (R-UT) tries to provide cover for the hometown boy.  It all seems to be another vast right wing conspiracy trying to damage President Obama.  But then, Erick Erickson over at Redstate.com finds Media Matters backs up the original story from the Weekly Standard.  Oops.