Posted by Jed Lewison on Tue Dec 30, 2008 at 3:13 PM Pacific

Blago Vs. The World

I've barely been following the news today -- I'm preparing for a trip to Florida to visit my grandparents and mom (I leave in the morning) and I've been on some other projects that I'll be talking about in more detail pretty soon.

But I did just tune in and caught a few minutes of the coverage of this whole appointment by Blago, and maybe I'm being cynical, but my first thought was: "Well this is good political news for the transition team."

Within moments after news of Blago's appointment came out, Obama already announced he opposes seating Blago's appointment, as do Senate Democrats.

The upshot is we're in a new phase of the coverage, and the question now is about how will Illinois pick its next Senator. And it is now clear for all to see that it really is Blago vs. the world.

The real drama here is about how Blago will be forced from office. It doesn't have anything to do with the incoming administration, nor does it have anything to do with Senate Democrats.