Marc Ambinder has some thoughts on who “Senate Candidate 5″ is, as does Capitol Fax. The main link here to Jesse Jackson, Jr. comes from his meeting with Blago, shortly after Blago said he would meet with #5.

Blago on tape: “…but if they feel like they [meaning Obama's people] can do this and not fucking give me anything…then I’ll fucking go [Senate Candidate 5],” which to me implies that this is someone Obama does not want to get the seat. But Jesse was the national co-chair for Barack’s campaign, and was the guy who stomped out the fire his father lit when he declared he wanted to cut Barack’s nuts off. Even if Obama, for whatever reason, felt Junior shouldn’t get the seat, I can’t imagine the sudden animosity toward a member of his campaign staff would be so great that Blago would see Jesse’s appointment as an opportunity to stick it to the pres-elect. It’s more likely, if we’re picking between the two, that Senate Candidate 5 is Emil Jones, who is tight with the guv, and friends with Obama, but is certainly not the kind of old-school politician Barack would want taking up the rest of his term.

Though I guess, in the end, all of this is trying to read Blagojevich’s actions as if he had a normal, healthy, human psychology. And that’s not going to fucking give us anything.