[Dianna]

So he held off on arresting him for selling Obama’s seat until after Obama was elected? I must be missing something.

There was apparently a number of crimes Blag was committing. The attempted selling of Obama's seat was just the latest.

[skeeter]

The attempted selling of Obama's seat was just the latest.

And its not too hard to imagine the campaign to sell the seat starting in the summer in anticipation of an Obama win.

[Carley]

You probably have it right. This last bit of corruption simply made it easier to hide the truth of the delay.