Deals will be struck in backrooms at a time when the public -
disgusted by the corruption and shabby secrecy of the last Parliament - needs openness more than ever, if faith in our politics is to be rebuilt.
Governor Blagojevich has been arrested in the middle of what we can only describe as a political
corruption crime spree... Blagojevich and others were working feverishly to get as much money from contractors, shaking them down, pay to play, before the end of the year... At the end of the day, the conduct we have before us is appalling... His press - conference sidekick, the FBI's Rob Grant, was almost as good: If it isn't the most corrupt state in the United States, it's certainly one hell of a competitor... the FBI agents that participated in this wiretap investigation, were thoroughly
disgusted and revolted
by what they heard, and I think even the most cynical agents in our office were shocked...