Krugman: "What's the Matter With Ohio?" (Coingate)

[Inland]

You've got to read Krugman in the NYT twice a week. GOT to.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/17/opinion/17krugman.html?hp&oref=login
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The Toledo Blade's reports on Coingate - the unfolding tale of how Ohio's Bureau of Workers' Compensation misused funds - deserve much more national attention than they have received so far. For one thing, it's an entertaining story that seems to get weirder by the week. More important, it's an object lesson in what happens when you have one-party rule untrammeled by any quaint notions of independent oversight.
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Since their 1994 takeover of Congress, and even more so since the 2000 election, Republican leaders have sought to make their political dominance permanent......

These efforts have already created an environment in which politicians from the right party and businessmen with the right connections believe, with good reason, that they have immunity.

And politicians who feel that they can exploit their position tend to do just that. It's a likely bet that the scandals we already know about, from Coingate to Tom DeLay's dealings with the lobbyist Jack Abramoff, are just the tip of the iceberg.

[RalphReedsWreckedEm]

1. Ain't it funny - NO mention in the MSM

Isn't it interesting how this MASSIVE scandal has just evaporated into the MSM ether. This is a MASSIVE scandal. This proves quite conclusively that the Corporate MSM is controlled like a friggin' marionette by the GOP.

[Inland]

2. I"ve seen it in the NYT

But I don't know why it isn't more common. It's a HELL of a story!

[AndyTiedye]

3. This is Why