Hot Rod

Remember this guy? It's Hot Rod, whose future is looking brighter every day.

A while back, disgraced Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) was being told to resign by every headline in the country. He said forget it. Then he appointed Roland Burris as the replacement for Barack Obama's senate seat. Democrats said they wouldn't let Burris onto the senate floor.

A few days went by, and the senate caved, giving Burris his seat.

Today, I saw Blagojevich on Good Morning America, answering softball questions like, "How has this been on your kids?"

Where's all of the calls for impeachment? Where's the - as the media likes to put it - outrage? It dried up weeks ago.

You have to hand it to him. He's as dirty as last Tuesday's shirt, but damned if he's going to resign. As time goes on, his story becomes just another Democratic mess that needs to be cleaned up and forgotten. Good Morning America and Diane Sawyer are only too willing to help.

Rod's teaching a valuable lesson to Democrat crooks everywhere: if you can stand the heat of the first media firestorm, like all fires it will die out eventually. Just hang in there. His last hurdle will be getting past the criminal complaint. If he can do that, he'll probably win re-election.

There's no reason to think Obama wouldn't want to see this story continue, either, as a couple of the president's top aides' records are now being sought by the Feds. Not that you'll hear about it.

I wonder if Eliot Spitzer is regretting his resignation now? Then again, Spitzer wasn't from the president's town.

Update: Looks like Rod got booted. Next up: I'm betting on a TV talk show.