It’s looking increasingly like Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., was truly uninvolved in Rod Blagojevich’s alleged Senate-seat-for-sale scheme, other than expressing the usual interest in getting the appointment. Most telling was the report from Jackson’s lawyer today that the feds called Jackson as Blagojevich was being arrested to give him a heads up that the arrest was happening and that Jackson might see his name in the news. If this all bears out and Jackson turns out to be a victim here, too, it’s hard not to feel pretty bad for the guy. Yeah, yeah, he’s an experienced pol and a big boy and all that. But still a pretty a raw deal thanks to Blagojevich:
Yeah. I like him too. But this is no time to let liking him get in the way of anything. This is the time for people to play things straight. The Rush Limbaughs of the world are making up stuff daily, hoping they’ll stumble on a hit. So far, no hits. So Jesse Junior needs to play it as straight as an arrow. It looks like no Senate seat for him this time and that’s fine. What matters is doing everything he can to be an open book.
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