rod blagojevich taking the stand. the fact of the matter is it would blow him up. whatever its they the prosecution has, they don t have too many. if he took the stand would be a field day for the prosecution for the u.s. attorney s office. so you think the prosecutors do have a case. richard, what about you? yes. fred, with all the chest-pounding and boasting, the government, as i predicted, put on a paper thin case against blagojevich, believe it or not. paper thin. and injuriy jurors like to foll money trail. here there is the no money trail because they didn t prove one dollar going to blagojevich. so as a defense strategy there s no reason to give him fodder. now, listen. they prepped him over and over again and they tried to rehearse him for testimony and apparent will i he was horrible, so rather than risk that, rather than risk that