Via Politico, a little spit ‘n polish on the shiny Blago brand from last night’s “I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.” What makes her a celeb, apart from getting picked up on wiretaps cursing a blue streak, I simply don’t know, but it’s downright endearing how eagerly she and Hot Rod have embraced their public disgrace. If you’re married to a corrupt buffoon and your surname’s become a national punchline, why not eat a tarantula on television? Have fun, live life. Munch spiders.

Speaking of said buffoon, Moe Lane flags a new AP report claiming that Dick Durbin spoke to Blago about his plan to trade Obama’s senate seat for political favors just two weeks before he was arrested. Worth reading, although horse-trading strikes me as more a specie of perfectly legal corruption, like earmarks, than the icky and bad kind involving cold hard cash.