Where is Analytics API?

I was reading Scott's blog other day he posed a very good question.  Where is the API for Google Analytics?  Google has done a great job of providing access most everything via their API's.  But not Analytics.  I know they purchased Analytics, but it's been a while.  In Google time it's been a long while.  So why isn't there an API?  Think about you create your blogger blog and add an Analytics profile as part of the process..  Only makes sense, right.  To Scott thanks for asking the obvious. 

For the rest of us, let's ask in our own Blogs "where is the Google Analytics API?'

Please Google can we have one?  We promise to use it responsibly and not leave it out in the rain.