Saturday, October 07, 2006
The Republicans Great White Hope
Also known as the Great White Whale or Denny Hastert.The party is pinning its hope of evading responsibility for the Hastert-Reynolds Scandal, called by some FoleyGate, on Fat Denny's recent remarks that appear to accept responsibility while evading said responsibility completely.
UPDATE: All this assumes no more details emerge such as the latest in the WaPo. A second House staffer has backed up Kirk Fordhams assertion that the Speakers Chief of Staff knew about the Foley's chickenhawk habits well before November '05.
“The speaker has taken responsibility and is taking control of the situation,” his spokesman, Ron Bonjean, said Friday afternoon.As yet, no one has asked Fat Denny what he will do if he is found to have been derelict in the Foley case. And I doubt that any punishment from Fat Denny will damage any Republicans, at least not before the election.
After a chaotic week that began with the resignation of Representative Mark Foley, Republican of Florida, other lawmakers were assessing whether Mr. Hastert’s announcement on Thursday that he would not resign but would punish anyone found to have been derelict in the Foley case would be enough to calm the furor. They were hoping to avoid more leadership turmoil just one month before the midterm elections.
UPDATE: All this assumes no more details emerge such as the latest in the WaPo. A second House staffer has backed up Kirk Fordhams assertion that the Speakers Chief of Staff knew about the Foley's chickenhawk habits well before November '05.
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