Quickies From The Nation

Let me toss a few must-reads together into one post since I've posted waaaay too much as it is today.

First, to make bad matters worse, there is this new information about Mark Foley:

Foley had IM sex with teen while awaiting Iraq spending vote.

As well as this about Denny Hastert:

House Speaker Dennis Hastert's job is on the line and the GOP is enmeshed in a political debacle so volatile that it could eclipse Mark Foley's fall, John Nichols writes. Demands for a top-down housecleaning are fueled by fears that the party's base of conservative 'values voters' will abandon them in November.

Along with this!

The House Republican Leadership Scandal
John Nichols The Mark Foley Scandal is over. The issue now is the cover-up orchestrated by Hastert, Boehner and their compatriots.

Next up is Cheney's brain:

David Corn notes that Bob Woodward's new book reveals Dick Cheney was lost without Scooter Libby, and after his aide's indictment, the veep ceased playing a visible role managing the Iraq War.

Finally, read here to see how Flip-Flop Bill Frist now wants the Taliban in the governing of Afghanistan. WTF? Yeah, my sentiments exactly.

You should follow up the Nation piece on Frist with Jack McCullough's piece entitled "Flip Flop Frist" at Green Mountain Daily. Jack's a regular both at GMD as well as his own blog, Rational Resistance. I appreciate his commentary.