Out of a Sopranos Script

Corruption in Illinois is like snow in Minnesota. Hardly news. Mr Blagojevich, in fact, became the fifth of the past eight governors of the state to have been indicted. That's a higher proportion than among professional footballers. Heck, it's a higher proportion than among immediate members of Mob families.

Read the rest of Gerard Baker, writing in The Financial Times, on the scandal du jour.

[HT: Real Clear Politics ]