Anyone see this? I couldn't put it in the Primaries section

[babsbunny]

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Clinton_Obama_both_bank_major_donations_0219.html

Jack Abramoff has been the specter haunting Republican politicians for a few years now. The disgraced GOP lobbyist, who pled guilty in 2006 on fraud and corruption charges, burrowed his way deep into Washington, DC's political elite, leading to the convictions of top Bush administration officials and contributing to 2006's electoral calamity for the Republican Party. Abramoff's fall also encouraged Democrats to reposition themselves as the party of clean government.

But in 2008, it might be harder for the Democratic presidential nominee to make the same case that his or her Congressional counterparts successfully built in 2006. Facing off against likely Republican nominee John McCain, who as a senator led early investigations into Abramoff's corrupt lobbying, either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama could find themselves linked to Abramoff and his former law firm, the Miami-based giant Greenberg Traurig.

[flashl]

1. I would welcome anyone to open an investigation into Abramoff's Congressional ties.

And, not for the purpose of attacking Sens. Clinton or Obama. In the end, the Repugs and Sen McCain may wish he never approached the subject of Abramoff.

[lisa58]

2. If Abramoff had any ties to any dems...

...he would have offered them up to the investigators first.

[Donnachaidh]

3. that's doubtful

Especially when it was the repukes in power. He'd stay quiet about his Dem connection until THEY came back, and he had some ammo to deal with.