Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Desperate Measures by Republicans????

Republican Rep. Deborah Pryce has hired a new campaign manager. Very interesting?

We have a flip-flop by Ohio Gov. Bob Taft. Taft now supports a treatment plan for some drug offenses even though he was against it in 2002. Flippity-floppity.

The Toledo Blade indicates that things are getting tough for Republican Rep. Bob Ney (OH-18), past friend of Jack Abramoff. Now that Ney's former chief of staff, Neil Volz, has pleaded guilty to corruption charges, how long will Ney need to wait for his own indictment????

Brian Ross, of ABC News has the following info:

The FBI acknowledged late Monday that it is increasingly seeking reporters' phone records in leak investigations.

"It used to be very hard and complicated to do this, but it no longer is in the Bush administration," said a senior federal official.

The acknowledgement followed our blotter item that ABC News reporters had been warned by a federal source that the government knew who we were calling....