Teaser on the next Congressman/page scandal
I assume this is in relation to the rumor Dana Milbank mentioned last night that there's another Congressman who may have been involved with a 16 year old female page.
(For sheerly political reasons, thank god it looks like a Republican.)
Here's the list of Illinois Republicans. (Probably not Henry Hyde, Shimkus, Hastert, Lahood, or Judy Biggert so that leaves 4 possibles, Manzullo, Weller, Kirk or Johnson. Bets?)
And, just a rumor at this point, but what happens to the election if this is real and does break?
Later: Reality Based Educator points to this rumor that it's Weller. (We hadn't even gotten the pool going yet.)
(For sheerly political reasons, thank god it looks like a Republican.)
Here's the list of Illinois Republicans. (Probably not Henry Hyde, Shimkus, Hastert, Lahood, or Judy Biggert so that leaves 4 possibles, Manzullo, Weller, Kirk or Johnson. Bets?)
And, just a rumor at this point, but what happens to the election if this is real and does break?
Later: Reality Based Educator points to this rumor that it's Weller. (We hadn't even gotten the pool going yet.)
posted by mikevotes at
9:45 PM
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Diarist at Kos says it's Jerry Weller.
Amen that it's a member of the Grand Old Pervert Party. Look how the media's been blowing up the Reid story and just imagine what they'd do w/ a Dem sex scandal and/or pedophilia allegation at this point.
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Reality-Based Educator, at 10:38 PM
I'll say it again, thank god it's a republican.
I agree with the media "balance" problem. I've been watching the Reid story stuff with disgust.
I'm really more intrigued though with what this does to the election politics.
We don't know how bad this is yet, but it will certainly strongly reinforce perception, renew all the pressure on Hastert, and prove that Foley wasn't a one off.
And on top of all that, it'll carry the news cycle with this reinforcement for another week.
Depending on what the story is, this could be huge.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 8:07 AM
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