He wiggles about in the wind for a few moments, talking about how rare it is for the office to be open and how that leads to plenty of prospective candidates, before flat-out refusing to endorse Barack Obama’s chief of staff.

It’s interesting to see one sleezy member of the Chicago political machine refuse to endorse another sleezy member of the Chicago political machine. It this just a pro forma “not until he engages the people” thing or is Durbin actually considering another candidate over Obama’s man?