GOP Corruption: "This Is Not Something That's Going To Go Away Soon Or Can Be Written Off As One Bad Apple"...

Bloomberg Kristin Jensen and Catherine Dodge December 1, 2005 at 08:07 AM

Republicans hoped that a raft of scandals involving their party's lawmakers and the White House would fade from view before the 2006 elections. Then along came Randy ``Duke'' Cunningham and Michael Scanlon.

Cunningham, the California congressman who resigned this week after admitting that he took $2.4 million in bribes, and Scanlon, a former colleague of indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff who pleaded guilty last week to conspiring to corrupt public officials, are the latest examples of what Democrats call ``the culture of corruption'' in Washington -- and what they hope will propel them to victory at the polls next year.

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