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Ryskind notes Blago's mistake:
Selling a Senate seat: bad
Buying or Confiscating a Senate seat: just fine
In this climate of anti-free markets it was clearly a mistake for Blagojevich to attempt to sell a Senate seat. Had he attempted to confiscate a Senate Seat from the voters he’d be a Democrat in good standing–like Al Franken.Indeed, let's update the rules from this post:
Selling a Senate seat: bad
Buying or Confiscating a Senate seat: just fine