Question: Just how big are the Abramoff/Congress scandals?

[BeyondThePale]

My sense is that this will involve a number of elected officials and sleazy influence peddlers. However, it seems like the public is woefully unaware of this matter (surprise, surprise). Part of it is apathy, but part of it is the never-ending string of republican scandals--from Enron to Plamegate to DSM to torture to stolen elections (I will stop here for the sake of space).

Anyway, just how big are these scandals? How many are there? And is there a coordinated investigation or several separate investigations?

I will take my answer off the air (ok, I hate that line--sounds so pretentious)

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Try Huge.

Massive? Tectonic? Paradigmatic? Way big?

[BeyondThePale]

8. I'm still unclear -- can you give me a sense of proportion?

Just kidding - thanks!

[FrannyD]

2. I am hoping Ney goes down!!!

Not a more deserving rat in Congress.

[aquart]

3. Makes Fitzmas look like Father's Day.

[Historic NY]

4. Its been said up to 60 Congressman are involved.......

we shall see how many get hooked.

[ngGale]

5. Fitzmas, super sized X 2...

potential of taking down the whole Repub party.

[PhilipShore]

6. The battle is over the Democrats won!

It will take many years to discover the facts, and that will only benefit the Democrats. The major battle is over, the rule of law prevailed.

[radfringe]

7. check out this link

http://www.jackinthehouse.org/

JACK-IN-THE-HOUSE GOP Superlobbyist Jack Abramoff and His Closest Allies

JackintheHouse.org explores the world of GOP superlobbyist Jack Abramoff who spent years trading money for influence in the halls of Congress. The site provides a road map to Jack Abramoff’s unscrupulous back-door deals with ethically-challenged Members of Congress and provides a means for visitors to urge the Chairman of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to take action against those who have worked for Jack’s interest, rather than the public interest.

GOP Superlobbyist Jack Abramoff and His Closest Allies

cast of characters include:
Representative Tom DeLay
US Senator John Cornyn
Representative J.D. Hayworth
Representative Melissa Hart
Representative Eric Cantor
Representative Bob Ney
Grover Norquist
Ralph Reed
US Senator Conrad Burns
Michael Scanlon
Representative Richard Pombo
US Senator David Vitter
Representative John Doolittle
Susan Hirschmann
Ed Buckham
Neil Volz

[BeyondThePale]

9. excellent!

thank you!

[Vinca]

10. This is going to be VERY big.

The public hasn't heard about it because MSM hasn't been covering it. Remember how long it took Plame to make the front page? The media now smells blood in everything Republican and this will soon be a 24/7 story. The difference between this and Plame is that this definitely goes to the top: Bush returned money to Abramoff.