[the invisib1e hand]

The timing issue did seem ... bizarre and anticlimatic.

Emanuel, you magnificent bastard.

[Paladin2]

"The timing issue did seem ... bizarre and anticlimatic"

It'll be funny if Blago walks because of the timing. The melodrama of the a.m., at home, arrest was too much.

[bcsco]

The possibility that the Tribune and Emanuel were in contact with information on the investigation is likely a good one. While the Obama camp may have been in negotiations early on, events around November 10-13 seem to reflect an change in direction...