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Never underestimate the capacity of Chicago politics for spectacle. …

By now it’s clear enough that the problem is less Mr. Burris or Mr. Blagojevich than the entire rotten Illinois political culture. So here’s a modest proposal: Every elected state official should resign at once, giving voters a chance to start over with special elections for everyone. State government couldn’t get any more dysfunctional than it is now, and maybe Diogenes could find an honest man.