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April 10, 2005
Abramoff & Shays Turn on Tom
Josh Marshall captures two very interesting stories today.
One is an in-district town hall meeting by Connecticut GOP House Member Chris Shays, a moderate who has thus far been publicly supportive of Tom Delay (though he was one of the few GOP Caucus members to oppose amending House rules to allow Delay to remain in power should he be indicted.) No more. We'd say publicly calling someone an embarrassment to you and your party pretty well signals you've parted company.
Perhaps more interesting is Michael Isikoffs Newsweek piece on the fallen Washington super-lobbyist, Jack Abramoff. Perhaps understandably, Abramoff is feeling pretty lonely and abandoned these days by the GOP power structure that helped him get so rich. That could spell bad news for Brother Tom, because Abramoff indicates he knows a lot, and is about ready to spill the beans.
The Passion of the Tom continues -- are the betrayers emerging?
Posted by houtopia at April 10, 2005 11:10 AM