The Stupidest Story No One Will Quit Talking About

I'm tired of everyone freaking out over whether Rod Blagojevich will appoint someone to the U.S. Senate while he's out on bail. Sorry to ruin it for you, but he won't. There are so many reasons this won't happen that I won't waste the time it would take to go through all of them, but the most important one is:
1) No one he would appoint would serve if they were even semi-legitimate, they'd quickly decline the appointment. Anyone that accepted the seat would have no future in electoral politics (which is kind of a deterrent).

If this guy understands anything, it's how to act in his own best interest (ignoring the stupidity of doing it in such a blatantly illegal manner of course). He's got to be acutely aware that there is no possible benefit he could accrue by flippantly appointing someone. This guy might be an idiot, but he's pretty likely looking a lengthy prison term in the face, and something tells me he's not in a hurry to do the one thing most likely to make people think he's even more of a despicable criminal.