Setting aside for a moment Gov. Rob Blagojevich's Tony Soprano conversations with his chief of staff, let's look at what Patrick J. Fitzgerald has accomplished with his rushed-to-judgment "criminal complaint".
Jesse Jackson Jr. will never be a United States Senator.
It's likely that it will be another decade or two before there's another Democratic governor of Illinois.
It's likely that the seat held by the president-elect will fall to a Republican as a result of scandal.
The Obama presidency now will open under a cloud of suspicion. Even supposedly liberal bloggers are bemoaning Obama's tepid response over the past two days.
Patrick J. Fitzgerald has ensured his own reappointment. Team Obama wouldn't dare ask him to submit his resignation now.
Nice trick, Patrick!