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Speaking of President Obama and the issue that may keep him from going to Copenhagen in October, he's planning a big media blitz this weekend. You can look for him on the Sunday morning shows across the major networks including CBS, ABC, NBC, and CNN. He'll wrap it up by stopping by David Letterman's show, the first time a sitting present has visited Letterman. [Tribune]

Not content to just go away, Drew Peterson keeps talking, this time to CBS 2. It was the same old, same old from Bolingbrook's Most Notorious Ex-Husband™, who maintained his innocence, insisted his engagement to Christina Raines was genuine, and bad-mouthed the two men who have publicly claimed that D-Pete killed Stacy Peterson. Of course, there's no beating this quote from the interview when asked if he thinks he'll serve jail time: "Innocent people go to jail all the time. And guilty people get set free, so I don't know." Next up for Drew: a book entitled If I Did It.

After watching the former governor’s two-week-long media rampage, some critics say Rod Blagojevich is gunning for a book deal. But even literary agent Sharlene Martin, who assisted the Goldman family in obtaining the rights to publish O.J. Simpson's "fictional account" If I Did It - which details how the ex-NFL star could have committed the murders he was acquitted of - says a Blago tell-all might not sell.

Blago can't believe Letterman doesn't believe him! In case you don't feel like staying up tonight... [Trib]

Like your crazy ex-boy/girlfriend or herpes, former governor Rod Blagojevich just won't go away. We already know about his appearance on Letterman tonight, which given Dave's cantankerous manner might be worth watching, but this morning we were dismayed to find Blago ruining our morning again by swinging by the Today Show on NBC. He called the impeachment a "hijacking," kept bitching about the witnesses, claimed he was offered the chance to stay on as an incapacitated governor through 2010, and continued to compare himself to the thousands of Americans who have lost their jobs. So, just like every other damn interview he's done in the last 10 days. Except he quotes Jesus this time.

Just because Rod Blagojovich been removed from office doesn't mean he's going away. And with his criminal trial approaching, Lord knows if he ever will. This time, though, Blago is taking to the airwaves with late night talk show host David Letterman. Blago's appearance is scheduled for Tuesday. We figure they'll discuss the trial and Blago will continue to whine about witnesses, but we also assume Letterman might give him some tips on how to improve his image.

Last night, Governor Rod Blagojevich continued his march through the media, appearing on CNN's "Larry King Live" and pontificating about his innocence. If you used our drinking game, then you were probably passed out about 15 minutes in. Blago dropped some great lines, like calling Ed Genson "the F. Lee Bailey of our time" (as a reader pointed out - we thought F. Lee Bailey was the F. Lee Bailey of our time) and getting the same, "if I knew they were taping..." spiel. Perhaps the greatest part of the evening? Watching Blago's reaction to the late night comedy clips (video below), including when SNL's Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers went off on his hair. While he seemed to enjoy Jason Sudeikis' impression, there was something in his eyes when hearing all the hair jokes that almost made you feel a little sorry for him, that the producers were forcing him to watch the world ridicule him. Almost.

Governor Rod Blagojevich's impeachment trial gets underway on Monday and things are, what else, a hot mess. So what's going on in the World of Blago as the trial approaches?