Philadelphia politics similar to Chicago

Former Pennsylvania state senator Vincent Fumo (D) is guilty of all 137 counts against him in a federal corruption trial. Hmmm, the fall of a corrupt Democrat. I wonder how much coverage this gets in the mainstream media?

Obamaniacs help with censoring on transition site

Obama's transition team launched a feature called "Open for Questions" on its site, Change.gov, for users to submit questions and vote on the top ones, much like Digg. But users are also allowed to flag inappropriate questions to remove them from the list. It looks like Obamaniacs are abusing such a feature to remove questions relating to the recent Federal investigation of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Again, change we can believe in!

Obama and Blagojevich

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is still the governor and can still appoint a replacement senator to fill Obama's seat, unless the state legislature works fast enough to impeach him. The buzz about this whole ordeal, however, is if any of this ties to Obama or his aids?

Steve Benen at Washington Monthly opines that all of this makes the president-elect look better because of his "commitment to ethics reform." But it's a fact that Obama and Blagojevich knew each other, perhaps quite well, as they crossed paths in their political efforts. Obama and Blagojevich and Obama have supported each other politically.

And why doesn't Obama release a statement demanding Gov. Blagojevich's resignation? That's the point Jennifer Rubin of Commentary brings up, and a very good one. Who on the transition team has the Governor's number on speed dial?

Jeb Bush considering senate run

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is contemplating becoming a senator after Sen. Mel Martinez (R) announced that he won't seek re-election. The GOP is giddy about this prospect as Bush enjoys high approval ratings in the state and having him on the ballot in 2010 would be great defense against the Democrats who consider Florida a high profile battleground. Even his president brother's historically low approval rating doesn't bother Jeb supporters. They are confident that Jeb's popularity will counter any negativity associated with President Bush especially when he's already  left the White House for two years in 2010.

The left, understandably, doesn't like the idea of Jeb Bush entering the Senate. Just having another Bush in Washington rubs them the wrong way! There's already some BDS II surfacing: Matt Stoller of OpenLeft.com is spreading BDS II already:

...Bush's background as a semi-corrupt businessman who participated in a scheme to, get this, sell water pumps in Nigeria, will emerge.

Remember, the Bush family is immensely corrupt, but that doesn't emerge unless there's actual scrutiny. Jeb has never been subjected to any such scrutiny, but it's hard to imagine that this situation can continue if he gets a serious contender. The Bush family is in disgrace, and I don't see how that changes in just two years, especially with the rumors flying around about Jeb's personal behavior and business shenanigans.

It was a former business partner of Jeb Bush that was under investigation for the Nigerian water pump deal gone awry. Jeb was never found of any wrongdoing. And simply accusing the Bush family of being corrupt, without scrutiny? Please don't tell me that the media scrutinized President-elect Obama.