Brett Rogers: we feel your pain, but remember–it’s only been a week, for cryin’ out loud.

Yeah, just imagine how many stupid decisions they will be able to make in the next 103 weeks!

On the list of complains is the appearance of impropriety, and turning down a bribe. Now I can see complaining about the first, but complaining that he turned down a bribe? Hardly the same "Culture of Corruption" as Delay, Cunningham and Ney. If the GOP is going to run on anti-corruption in 2008, they'll need to do better than this.

Finally "Murtha chose not to campaign for a Democratic House candidate in Arizona THIS election cycle because he was too close with the opponent’s father.". So avoiding a personal conflict of interest is now a bad thing? Or maybe congressman simply should not ever be friends with people of different party affiliation. Unless of course you are suggesting that congressman should always put partisanship before family, friendship and personal loyaly.

Largely refuted by who? They actually got Kerry to back off of some of his ancient claims as I recall. And I sure don't remember the MSM doing much of that "widely publicized" thingy on the attacks themselves, either.

Brett Rogers: we feel your pain, but remember--it's only been a week, for cryin' out loud. Let's let the dust settle and see what happens after the Dems have to actually start talking and acting like grownups. I hope the two parties can work together for our common good, but I can't help thinking the Dems will revert to type sooner than later.

Congresswoman Jean Schmidt had it right, only she forgot to mention all those like Murtha who are part of the "Cut and Run" crowd.

When they say 'stay the course', they _mean_ 'stay the course. The same course that lost them Congress.

Unfreakinbelievable:
Sen. Trent Lott, ousted from the top Senate Republican leadership job four years ago because of remarks considered racially insensitive, won election to the No. 2 post Wednesday for the minority GOP in the next Congress.
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Today's column in the Washington Post also notes:

Even if it weren't, though, everything in Murtha's post-Abscam life is of a piece with the back-scratching, dealmaking style on display in the video. In a story last month, the New York Times described how Murtha has operated "a political trading post" in a back corner -- the Murtha corner, it's called -- of the House floor, where Democrats and Republicans alike come to get Murtha's blessing for earmarks or his help on close votes. As Pennsylvania Democrat Paul Kanjorski told the Times, "nobody ever leaves completely disappointed."

Soon-to-be Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is wielding her unwieldy power. She wants Congressman John Murtha as House Majority Leader and Congressman Alcee Hastings to chair the House Intelligence Committee.
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Likely House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will back prominent Iraq war critic John Murtha over her current d...