Where are the bags of money?

Has anyone noticed that the feds aren't charging Rod Blagojevich with actually having pocketed bribes? The Justice Department complaint is all about conspiracy, about scheming, about conversations captured on wiretaps. In short, words, just words.

No bags of boodle have actually changed hands . . . so far as we know.

Of course this phenomenon is no defense against charges of conspiracy to commit crimes. Rather, it supports Pat Fitzgerald's assertion that he brought the federal complaint to prevent Blagojevich from selling Obama's former Senate seat.

But it brings up a certain question: Is there any hard evidence that Blagojevich has indeed managed to enrich himself by nefarious means during his governorship?

Otherwise, why would he have been allegedly so open in those wiretapped conversations about discussing his need for money?

As the case unfolds, we'll probably have answers from the feds. But it's an interesting question to ponder, since nothing seems actually to have gone down despite Blagojevich's alleged best efforts.

Maybe that just means he's an extraordinarily incompetent crook.