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Deflation: Hillary Clinton paid $36 million for her Senate seat, but Obama’s was on the market for a mere $150,000.

The presumption of innocence is a fine principle for the criminal-justice system to follow, but it need not keep us from reaching the obvious conclusion that Rod Blagojevich, the Democratic governor of Illinois, is a crook. In a spectacular indictment, he is accused of, among other things, trying to sell a U.S. Senate seat-the one being vacated by Obama—for personal gain. The corruption of Illinois politics these days must impress even Louisianans: Blagojevich’s Republican predecessor is in jail.

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Deflation: Hillary Clinton paid $36 million for her Senate seat, but Obama’s was on the market for a mere $150,000.

The presumption of innocence is a fine principle for the criminal-justice system to follow, but it need not keep us from reaching the obvious conclusion that Rod Blagojevich, the Democratic governor of Illinois, is a crook. In a spectacular indictment, he is accused of, among other things, trying to sell a U.S. Senate seat-the one being vacated by Obama—for personal gain. The corruption of Illinois politics these days must impress even Louisianans: Blagojevich’s Republican predecessor is in jail.