Well its happened. The media has arrived at the point where further editorial disinterest and/or mitigation of the seriousness of various "honest mistakes" would, in their estimation, irretrievably damage their professional credibility. Its a "you're on your own buddy" moment at the AP.

The Obama administration and the new Congress are quickly handing over to Republicans the same "culture of corruption" issue that Democrats used so effectively against the GOP before coming to power.

Freshman Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., is only the latest embarrassment.

Senate Democrats accepted Burris because they believed what he told them: He was clean. Burris now admits he tried to raise money for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who authorities say sought to sell President Barack Obama's former Senate seat.

"The story seems to be changing day by day," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Wednesday.

The political mess for the Democratic Party, however, isn't Burris' conduct alone; it's the pattern that has developed so quickly over the past few months.

Really? The pattern suddenly developed over the past few months? Before all this, Rod Blagojevich was a model of moral rectitude? Burris never did any quid pro quo politics before all this? Still protecting Obama etal, but its going to get impossible. This eruption of corruption is the product of generations of political malfeasance and permeates every corner of Democrat politics.