Wow.
I don't know what's more pathetic, Jack Abramoff's sleaze or Republican paralysis in the face of it. Abramoff walks out of a D.C. courthouse in his pseudo-Hasidic homburg, and all that leading Republicans can do is promise to return his money and remind everyone that some Democrats are involved in the scandal, too.What's important here is that while David Brooks likes to sometimes buck the party, he's still a party regular. This proves that there are those on the conservative side who are not happy with the direction the party is going, and they're finally willing to speak out. It's not exactly an avalanche of consternation, yet, but it's still a good sign that we may be able to defeat the most extreme aspects of the GOP by working with their own "reasonable" insiders. Just a thought.
That's a great G.O.P. talking point: some Democrats are so sleazy, they get involved with the likes of us....
Tom DeLay needs to take care of his own legal problems and give up the dream of returning as majority leader.
But Republicans need to do more than bump DeLay. They need to put the entire leadership team up for a re-vote. That's because the real problem wasn't DeLay, it was DeLayism, the whole culture that merged K Street with the Hill, and held that raising money is the most important way to contribute to the team....
Finally, today before noon, fire Bob Ney as chairman of the House Administration Committee. For God's sake, Republicans, show a little moral revulsion.
Back in the dim recesses of my mind, I remember a party that thought of itself as a reform, or even a revolutionary movement. That party used to be known as the Republican Party. I wonder if it still exists.
