happy feithster

* xymphora: " While many were disappointed at Fitzmas and happy about Abramoffukkah, I'm looking forward to Feithster." (link)
and he hasnt even read larisa's piece yet...

* the rudepundit has a touching series on nola. (he is visiting there) 4 posts, so far.

* from the logs, someone from the SD Union Trib is looking into Horizon Sports Technologies - probably in relation to Wilkes. More on them here

* its remarkable that Bush wont return Abramoff's money (or donate it to charity). are they broke? surely it isn't worth the bad PR? (link)

* " Gingrich said. "You don't have to say Tom is guilty of anything to say they need a new majority leader. A very significant number of House members said to me [Wednesday] morning that the entire world has changed in the last few days" because of the Abramoff scandal." (link)
were they in denial prior to the guilty plea???

* davidbrooks: "But Republicans need to do more than bump DeLay. They need to put the entire leadership team up for a re-vote. That's because the real problem wasn't DeLay, it was DeLayism, the whole culture that merged K Street with the Hill, and held that raising money is the most important way to contribute to the team...." (link)
boy, i cant wait for driftglass's response...

* the nyt has a funny little article about Blinky's 'meeting' with his posse of 'former cabinet members' (sans henry the k)