I think Blago will make friends, If Celebrity Apprentice is any indication of his personality, he has a knack for getting along with people quite different than him. His tendency to be self-deprecating rather than arrogant will probably help. He'll have Enron's Jeffrey Skilling and several other white collar inmates to hang out with, but I won't be surprised if he prefers hanging out with the more ordinary inmates. They'll have more interesting stories to tell.

I suspect today we'll hear Blagojevich tell everyone he'll be okay. I doubt he will be sound bitter or angry. He'll want his daughters to be proud of him.

What I can't imagine is how he will cope with the reality of the length of his sentence when it sets in.

For a few years, he'll have the hope his appeal will overturn the convictions. If that's denied, he'll have hope for a habeas. But if that's denied and the denial is upheld, he's in for the long haul.

Here's the current admission and orientation handbook.