This story got by me, but former Republican House leader Tom Delay was cleared of corruption charges in relation to his association with Jack Abramoff, the disgraced lobbyist found guilty of bribing politicians. From the Wall Street Journal:
"Former Majority Leader Tom DeLay was the kingpin in the Democrats’ 2006 “culture of corruption” campaign that helped force the Texas Republican out of office—and swept Democrats into power....But after a lengthy federal probe, the Justice Department has dropped its investigation, according to DeLay’s attorney, Richard Cullen."
Delay still faces charges in Texas for money laundering and conspiracy. These charges were brought in 2005 by Democrat prosecutor Ronnie Earle. The trial is actually scheduled to start in October of this year. That's a five years wait, folks. Seems like if the prosecution had a case, this should have been tried a long time ago.
This is the kind of tactic that makes me believe within the next six weeks we're going to see a flurry of Republican "scandals" hit the media. Passing notes in class, spitting on the sidewalk, removing the tag from a mattress -- no Republican transgression is so small that the media can't make a major news story out of it before an election.
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