So this is what we have inside the Beltway, leading from behind.

I think he is really sick. While some of it may be purposeful, but bi-polar disorder is bio-chemically driven and bio-chemically treated. It is not uncommon that medications have side-effects, that and an unwillingness to accept the diagnosis will often lead to the need for re-hospitalization, even if for the short term. The more this happens, there is an increased likelihood the illness will become harder to treat successfully. Political analysis is a fool's game and really irrelevant.

Shakedown (the taxpayers), Jr.

Whole family is...no talent, no skills.

mental illness can be difficult to treat, but something extraordinary is going on with jesse jr.
It could be nothing more than ducking the ethics investigation about buying hussein obama's senate seat. (Fitz covered jackson by going public and turning off the wiretap.)
But black congressmen and women have not really been penalized by ethics processes, so I don'ty know why he would hide, unless there is a direct link to hussein obama.

Good, go get treated. In the meantime, you are depriving your constituents of their representation you swore to give. Resign now.

Meanwhile a powerful black group in Chicago is trying to dump JJJ, Danny Davis and Bobby Rush.

Getting rid of the “Tiresome Threesome” black city congressmen – the ailing Bobby Rush (D-1), first elected in 1992; the scandal-challenged Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-2), first elected in 1995; and the indolent and increasingly irrelevant Danny Davis (D-7), first elected in 1996 – has become a priority among black politicians.

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One should not speak ill of the dead, or pronounce the dead as ill. But it’s unmistakably evident that Jackson’s career is on life-support, just waiting for somebody (meaning Jackson) or something (meaning the FBI or the House Ethics Committee) to flick the switch. Once perceived as the “Great Black Hope,” he’s now derided as the “Great Black Dope.”

Read on:

http://www.cdobs.com/archive/featured/pyramid-of-power-looking-for-successor-to-jesse-jackson-jr/

This dude is trying hard not to answer questions the authorities have for him.

Does anyone really believe that J, Jr. has bi-polar disorder serious enough that he cannot do his job and has to be hospitalized? If the investigation were called off I think we would see a miracle cure.

c'mon everyone - you've got to see the game plan. He will be reelected. After that, he'll ''regretfully'' resign for the good of his constituency. THEN, Gov Quinn will ''appoint'' someone until a special election can be held. At which time, the ''appointee'' will be elected by a SURPRISE majority. THIS is also The Chicago Way...

And Chicago is going to put this maroon back in the congress? Way to go Chitown! First you give us an inept President,who is nothing but bluster, and then this loser! No doubt your state is the mess it is in.

My violin for Jesse jr is so small I seem to have lost it.

I'm not really following this but I'm thinking Jr. is up to his behind in alligators and is going to be 'sick' until he figures a way out. Surprised daddy hasn't told him how to fix his problems. Go to a restaurant of your choice and leave a few minutes later, call the TV crews, and claim discrimination. That's how daddy raised so much money. It should be enough to buy you out of any problem.

JJJ has been reported spending time out at local bars with female lobbyists. I can't see how injesting alcohol on top of medications for bipolar disorder is part of the doctors' orders.

Anything to get him out of Congress.
On the other hand, maybe having another certified nut-case in Congress might be OK if he can be kept harmless, but on another hand (how many is that now?) someone like an obysmal won might get elected to the Presidency and make him Veep, and on the last hand, I had a weird neighbor who put mayo and ketchup on his hot dogs (as in "Mayo for Checkup" from the headline).

So, junior fell off the wagon again already?

That didn't take long...

What was the 1st thing this joker did when he got a little elbow room? Go to a bar with a couple of ho's.This guy is fighting the end of his entitlements and can't take it.Ted Stevens got railroaded for some contractor work but jr. can use campaign funds to decorate his house and no eyebrows raiseded. Him,Rangel and waters can do what they want because Boehner's crackers are afraid of being called racists.

JJ Jr should be going to the "big house" for an extended taxpayer funded vacation. He's a cheap chiseler just like his sire!

Good thing JJ cleared this up. Some were beginning to think JJJ was hiding from investigators, and generating sympathy among the jury pool that he will eventually face on corruption charges.

It's unfortunate if he has a medical problem but the bottom line is that he is not capable of representing those who elected him. Get him out of office now and take your time with the treatment. His brand of "public service" will not be missed. Who died and made the "Rev" Jesse Jackson an official spokesperson for a U.S. Representative?

My lack of interest in the Jackson family is in proportion to their desire to remain in the headlines no matter how sordid the tale.

If you watch this video you will find that JJ Jr. was to be groomed to be the presidential nomination but even then he had problems with alcohol and drugs, so Jesse Jackson worked hard to assure that Barak Obama became our next president.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3RBi1_th-Y

Expel him. [Junior, from the House.]

Rev...pardon me, he IS your son so the apple didn't fall to far from the tree...smearing himself with Mayonnaise isn't going to help.