"Tainted" Dems

In the wake of the Blago indictment, a spokesman for his appointee, Illinois Sen. Roland Burris, slammed Dem leadership, terming it "tainted". The Politico.

Sen. Burris wasn't mentioned in the indictment, but he did have taped conversations with the governor's brother, who was.

More: And then there was the Blago push to involve another set of brothers. Sun Times:

The newest extortion allegation against ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich is that he tried to hold up a $2 million state grant for a Northwest Side school unless Rahm Emanuel would get his Hollywood agent brother to throw a campaign fund-raiser for Blagojevich.