Feeding Frenzy

Now that the shock has worn off, it is crystal clear that today's arrest of a Democratic Illinois governor is, to borrow a phrase from President Bush, so much "political theatre."

The feeding frenzy this has touched off among Republicans is enough to make even the most jaded Rovians drool.

One can only marvel at the impeccable, state of the art, timing of the federal sting into a corruption scandal which captivated the FBI for the past year--- just a month before an historic inauguration which gave the Democrats a virtual mandate.

President-elect Obama is, yet again, exercising good judgment by swiftly dismissing any knowledge of, or role in, the Illinois governor's affairs, and moving in.