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...people who know Bush well, the remark said it all about the longtime chill between the two pols?a distance that is only sure to grow with former lobbyist Jack Abramoff's guilty plea. Both camps describe the two conservative Texan's relationship as professional?an alliance, not a friendship. "DeLay admires Bush's leadership but still thinks of himself as the strongest conservative on the block," a DeLay friend says. "They perceive DeLay as a bull in a china shop. They appreciate him as their protector and retriever." Like many of his colleagues on Capitol Hill, DeLay suffers under...
...with the possibility that DeLay could be indicted in the Abramoff case, the Administration fears that the scandal could tarnish all Republicans and even hand the House to the Democrats. "They're worried about the Congress," an adviser said after talking to White House aides, "and they're worried about themselves." Although DeLay's forfeiture of his leadership post makes things easier for the White House, the Abramoff saga will continue to be a problem. Bracing for the worst, Administration officials obtained from the Secret Service a list of all the times Abramoff entered the White House complex, and they...
Republican officials say they are so worried about the Abramoff problem that they are now inclined to stoke a fight with Democrats over the confirmation of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court in an effort to turn the page from the lobbying investigation. Outside groups plan to spend heavily, and the White House will engage in some tit for tat with Democrats as the hearings heat...
...original reporting. But I think that what bloggers do well- or at least I hope what they do well, and that I did well - is pick out the brilliant absurdities in any particular news story. And I think there are a lot of them in the Abramoff case. There are some very cinematic and theatrical aspects to it, right down to him coming out of the courthouse dressed like a gangster. I also think it's fun watching all of these people distancing themselves from him, and going back and looking through their own histories to see what kind...
...DeLay's attorney, Dick DeGuerin, accuses prosecutor Ronnie Earle, a Democrat, of seeking advantage from national trends by subpoenaing representatives of law firms and Indian tribes connected to lobbyist Jack Abramoff and records from lobbyists connected to disgraced Republican congressman Duke Cunningham-individuals, says DeGuerin, who have no direct ties to the campaign finance charges against his client...