Since you are my Public Corruption Prosecutor Guy (one of your many hats, I should add), maybe you can explain something for me. What, exactly, are the legal requirements for someone like, say, Rahm Emanuel (or whomever else) to report requests for bribes or other improper solicitation? I know that cops are supposed to report attempted bribes. Aren’t politicians and theirs staffs similarly obliged?

I mean if Blago was dead set on being compensated for his efforts, and if the guy is as blunt and stupid as he seems, is it really plausible he didn’t ask for a payoff from the Obama people? Good for the Obama folks for saying no. But is that all that’s required of them? And, if not, what are the relevant standards for this sort of thing?