The very Bi-Polar Governor Blagojevich of Illinois

It's only a matter of time before his diagnosis, either recently in the past, or due to his arrest becomes known.

He has the classic "look" of a Bipolar in a "manic/up/super-energy" state right now, and it explains his seeming inability to measure the risk from personal ruin with any sense of logic or reason.

Of course, for the most part he's been able to go beyond his mindset, because he seems to be one that is far more "up than down."

Which means he operates in 5th. gear while the best among us rarely exceed 3rd.

Something has triggered an escalation in his mood state sometime recently and this is the result one would see in a "hypomanic" individual when he is forced in to a true full-blown "bipolar - manic" state.