Rahm Silent, Rahm Deep

Rahm Emanuel, Obama's Chief of Staff, has done a Joe Biden disappearing act since the Illinois Governor was arrested.  This makes at least three major figures in the Obama organization (David Axelrod and Obama himself) who had close ties to Blagojevich.  Clearly the Obama people are in stealth mode, trying to figure out exactly what they have to worry about.  I'm guessing nothing much of any substance, but a lot in terms of appearance.

I think this has the potential to affect both the Detroit bailout and "card check" legislation.  If I wanted to design adds against card check, I'd put pictures of Blagojevich and some scenes from The Sopranos.