Time to Check the Scorecard

You know that old cliche about how you couldn't keep track of [some event] unless you had a scorecard? Well, with all these scandalous Republicans running to and fro, tap-tap-tapping away in men's rooms all across this great big land, it's time to check in on the Grand Old Party (where I'm guessing there ain't a whole lotta partying going on right about now).


Anyway, TPM Muckraker helps bring you up to speed with this brief recap.

Jack Abramoff is in prison. Ex-Rep. Duke Cunningham (R-CA) is in prison. Ex-Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) is in prison. Ex-Reps. Mark Foley (R-FL), Katherine Harris (R-FL), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Curt Weldon (R-PA), and Ex-Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT), all either lost or did not seek reelection. Gone, away, to be forgotten. This year was supposed to be different for the Republicans. But...


As The New York Times notes this morning, scandal has pursued them into 2007. “The real question for Republicans in Washington is how low can you go, because we are approaching a level of ridiculousness,” says one Republican strategist.