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From today's Times:

Former Aide to DeLay Pleads Guilty in Conspiracy Case

Michael Scanlon, former aide to a powerful congressman (Tom DeLay) and onetime partner of a wealthy lobbyist (Jack Abramoff), pleaded guilty today to a federal conspiracy charge as part of a deal in which he agreed to cooperate with an investigation into possible wrongdoing by some lawmakers.

I was talking to a couple of journalists friends over the weekend and they both think the this scandal is going to be far more damaging to the Powers That Be than the Fitzgerald investigation. Couldn't happen to better douche bag.

Now if they could only flip Scooter...