What to call the Blagojevich scandal? Mark Krikorian on The Corner bemoans the banality of the ubiquitous “gate” suffiix.  Blagogate?  Senategate?  Tired indeed.

My wife Sheryl Longin has a suggestion:  Blag-oy-veh!  [Well, she has a point.  Ethnic name, ethnic scandal.-ed. That’s what I thought. And it fits for Rahm Emanuel! Didn’t you read on Drudge?  He’s not a target of the probe. Well, it’s still a good name.]