Gov. Blago is a trial to us

Time on Blago, quoting Gov. Elvis' friend:

"Not long ago, Blagojevich's reviews were mostly glowing. The first Democratic governor in Illinois in a generation, he had charisma, connections, deep coffers and a Horatio Alger–type bio. "You have to remember, a lot of people thought that Rod Blagojevich had a very good shot at becoming President of the United States," says Mike Jacobs, a state senator from Rock Island, Ill., and a former friend. "I know that sounds comical today."

I hate to break it to you, but it sounded comical then. Other than Blago himself, and apparently Sen. Jacobs, nobody was talking about Blago for President. But Blago's not done inflicting himself on us yet, we all know that:

This lack of contrition has led armchair psychologists, and not a few former colleagues, to label Blagojevich a megalomaniac, a textbook narcissist, a poster boy for America's coarse and craven political culture. Blagojevich calls himself a victim — with one caveat. "If I'm lying to you," he says, "then I'm a sociopath."

Well, call me speechless on that one.

And we still have the trial in June to get through.

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