Gov. Special Jacket.

Per Sneed in the Sun Times, Gov. Blago has exchanged his jogger gear for a special "writer's jacket" he wears to go along with the hair, yet another persona. He's writing 12 hours a day (on a legal pad, how cute) according to his publisher:

• • The foreshot: Viner, who hopes the book becomes a classroom text, tells Sneed: "the book is not a question of his guilt or innocence, but not being treated fairly. It's much more a rainbow story than a black and white story. He [Blago] understands that part of his downfall was caused by him -- but it does not justify the treatment he received."

An Ari foray?
A buckshot? Although Viner tells Sneed he has not been contacted by hotshot Hollywood agent Ari Emanuel, brother of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel -- rumors surfaced Ari may have been trying to put the "kibosh" on the book's publication.

• • The upshot: A phone call to Emanuel's Endeavor Agency netted a "no comment."

Well let's just say they'd love to muzzle Blago and wrap him up in a straightjacket.