What to make of Sheldon Silver's conviction?

Now that former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Speaker is a convicted felon, it's worth taking a look at how media analysts treated the downfall of one of New York's most powerful politicians. Here's the short version: they don't think we'll see much change in Albany, at least in the short term. Politico New York's Jimmy Vielkind summed it up like this: "Silver's fall doesn't actually compel changes to business as usual at the Capitol because none of the state's most powerful people feel any need…