Duke Cunningham's plea deal.
Josh Marshall says that Duke Cunningham's (R - Ca) statement indicates that he has agred to cooperate with prosecutors which could also implicate Virgil Goode (R - Va.) and our old favorite Katherine Harris (R - Fla). As always, I recommend Marshall for this story, he has been all over it since it originally broke.
And while we're at it, let's do a quick tally. 3 possible indictments here, Tom Delay, maybe 10 possible indictments in the Abramoff case, and then 6 currently announced Republican congressional retirements with more coming I would suspect, as incumbents look at their decreasing reelect numbers.
So, that's 20 Republican congressmen already that may already be out of the running in 2006. I know an indictment is not a conviction, but in an election it is.
And while we're at it, let's do a quick tally. 3 possible indictments here, Tom Delay, maybe 10 possible indictments in the Abramoff case, and then 6 currently announced Republican congressional retirements with more coming I would suspect, as incumbents look at their decreasing reelect numbers.
So, that's 20 Republican congressmen already that may already be out of the running in 2006. I know an indictment is not a conviction, but in an election it is.
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