The times, they are a changin'

Or are they?

Rod Blago is fiscally the worst governor in years and years and years. Right?

Jim Edgar was the best, most monetarily sound governor in years and years and years. Right?

Then how do you explain this from today's Sun-Times?

Under Gov. Edgar, the state's bond rating was downgraded on three separate occasions, and he underfunded the state's pensions in every one of his eight budgets for a total underfunding of $9.7 billion -- the single biggest under-funder in state history. At the same time, Edgar gave away the casino licenses for next to nothing, making a number of Springfield insiders millionaires many times over. That's good fiscal management?

Of course, this is a letter from Roland Burris, hardly an impartial bystander. But the numbers speak for themselves. And if you can find a copy of Tuesday's Sun-Times, there's even a chart comparing the two govs.

Even I was surprised.

Still don't like him, but Blago comes out pretty strong in comparison.

Somehow.

And so it goes.