Recall that Nancy Pelosi said post-election that the Democrats would tackle the culture of corruption in Washington. The selection of Murtha would not be an auspicious beginning. Neither is this.There should not be any possibility that Mr. Murtha could be elected or even considered as Majority Leader. That would be a strategic disaster for the Democrats. We've been debating whether the Party should emphasize Republican corruption over the next two years, or concentrate on passing social legislation. It hadn't even occurred to me that the issue might become Democratic corruption. But that is highly likely if the Democrats elect an Abscam congressman as their Leader and appoint an impeached federal judge to chair the Intelligence Committee.
You might say: That's not fair, because the problem was never a few bad apples on the Republican side. The problem was systematic corporate influence, as represented by the K Street Project. However, Democratic candidates certainly featured Republican "bad apples" in their campaign commercials; and turnabout is fair play. The last thing the Dems need to do is elect their own bad apples to leadership positions. Besides, they are by no means immune to systematic corporate influence when they have power.
On the other hand, neither is this.
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