Dean: 'You Gotta Hand It to Blagojevich'

The world's greatest deliberative body? They certainly didn't deliberate much when they gave all that tarp money to the banks. They didn't take into account excessive salaries, bonuses, pay cuts, etc. or anything else to make these banks more efficient. When will we be paid back our hard earned money? They couldn't wait to give them all kinds of money with no strings attached whatsoever.

I agree that Blago out smarted everyone. The democrats thought they could throw him under the bus. Blago exposed PAY TO PLAY politics. This practice is not limited to Chicago but is corruption of all our politicians. I expect a lot more will fall with Blago.In a way we need to thank him. Maybe this kind of corruption will end.Maybe..

Dean is absolutely right on every point he made. Illinois Governor Blago is not quite as dumb as they thought. Now they really hate him - LOL. I'll keep him in my prayers - he'll need Devine help! Lord only knows what the other "related" crooked Illinois politicians are planning for Blago next.

It's a sad state of affairs when one crooked Chicago gangster can "outsmart" the entire Democratic congress. On the other hand . . . I'm really not thatsurprised.

A crooked democrat? Impossible!

rplat...You said...."It's a sad state of affairs when one crooked Chicago gangster can "outsmart" the entire Democratic congress. On the other hand . . . I'm really not that surprised."...I agree with you. It does remind me of another crooked Chicago politician who conned people into electing him President of USA.
Pretty sad indeed.

Not too hard to outsmart reid and the gang

It really doesn't matter anymore. The reality is ALL politicians are corrupt, low life scum who delight in wasting other peoples money.

Blago has the last laugh, Harry Reid gets to eat crow and the Democrats look like fools.

Congress has done squat during the last 8 years. They are an irrelevant bunch of spineless crooks, most of them.

Harry Reid ALWAYS gets to eat crow. The man talks big, then backs down. He has no spine, he should not be there.

Blago will eventually talk as will Resko and the world will then know the extent of Obama's corruption in the gangster political world of Chicago which Obama was a big part of!

Take a serious look at the Idiots running Washington---they give bankers hundreds of billions to squirrel away in their vaults and pay their buddies and of course the whimp Bush bailed out the auto workers for he as always was afraid to stand up to the liberals. THE ANSWER is not blowing in the wind but give the banks one year to loan out at least have the zillions they got or pay it back to the taxpayers. Put the money in the people's hands in the form of incentives to refinance high interest loans and buy cars or else it will all be squandered by the auto workers and the bankers will laugh all the way to the bank-wait they are already there gloating over stealing the people's money from dopey Bush and Congress

We're still giving out holiday hand-outs to the financial institutions, with no accountability, unlike the auto industry, which Bush has specific demands that the auto industry must meet in exchange for the loan, or risk returning all the money. And don't trust Republicans in sheep's clothing. Not many are truly fiscal conservatives...they only give lip service, at best.

I think maybe people should stop and ask themselves, "What would Nixon have said about Blagojevich"? I think you might realize that Howard Dean has it pretty much on the money, and it may explain why Dean is not going anywhere in the Obama administration.

He may well be a talented organizer, but a moral mediocrity.

THANK YOU ILLINOIS MACHINE POLITICS!

Sincerely, The National Republican Committee

Blago,Blago,Blago.....somewhere there's a group of AIG execs sitting in a richly appointed hunting lodge sipping on scotch at taxpayer's expense and laughing at what a crook this guy is--ironic and absolutely true to the tune of $86,000

No Howie - Blago outsmarted you and the dimwitted neanderthals that have risen to the top of the Democrat party like green algae on a stagnant lake.

There are bunches of us so called "folksy" people that could tell this was "coming from a country mile."

I guess the gilded tower dwellers will have to tip their hats to the scrappy crooks from Chicago that have sociopathic manipulation imprinted on their DNA from the very first moment they bid for public office.

Of course, no hard feelings here...

Reid only embarresed himself and the Senate. Neither party is worth a darn!!

Blago was clearly a tremendously skillful politician and extremely shrewd. Too bad his talents have been squandered and he will go down for his corruption. Would have loved to hear the conversation between Burris and Harry Reid. One thing for sure, when Burris gets seated I'm sure Harry will always be able to count on his vote or anything else he needs.