Lost in all the Chicken Littling about OMG OMG Did Obama Play Ball With Blago (Answer: No. If you need further information, it's past the jump.) is the fact that Rod Blagojevich almost escaped from Patrick Fitzgerald's net -- and the people who nearly saved him were Dennis Hastert, Bob Kjellander, and Karl Rove.
More on this past the jumpy-wumpy-woozie thing. (Also at Fire Dog Lake.)