Give it to Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell: I don’t like the guy, never liked the guy, can’t imagine voting for the guy, but he’s got the gift of gab. The governor, who also moonlights as a football commentator (not making that up!) was a guest on NPR’s Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me, a quiz show for people who are not very smart. Rendell, talking about Spitzer, said that of the 50 governors, he would have rated Spitzer fiftieth most likely to get busted in a prostitution ring. When the audience laughed at the implication–that Rendell thought himself much more likely to visit a hooker–the governor ran with it, saying that, in terms of temperment, he’d put himself in right about the middle of the range. He then went on to answer questions about (not making this up!) Madonna’s cinematic career, such as it has been. He was playing on behalf of a Catholic nun.

And, of course, he was permitted to give a long speech for the candidacy of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Democrats in general. NPR: Your tax dollars at work, for Democrats.