Political contortionist, Thomas Frank, twists and turns as he attempts to scrape Blago from Dems' shoes:

"With the exception of the labor scheme, none of Blago's ideas were identifiably liberal. And consider the particular political situation in which he flourished. Campaign contributions are basically unlimited in Illinois, making possible the deals he allegedly dreamed up, each of them so outrageous they reminded Fitzgerald of 'a salesman meeting his annual sales target.'"

I agree with his conclusion but the tortured analysis getting there is a bit much.  Read it here.