Off Abramoff.

"'I don't get the sense many people are paying attention,' said Rep. Tom Feeney (R-Fla.), who has been hoping party activists would lead demands for a shake-up. 'Corruption is still 90 percent an inside-the-Beltway' issue." According to the WP, the GOP are finding that the Ballad of Casino Jack isn't playing in Peoria just yet, at least among the conservative base. "'The question is, is this a climate where an actual reform candidate could be elected to a leadership position?' [GOP Rep Zach] Wamp asked. An initial pulse-taking of voters suggests that the answer is no, he and others said.'" Well, I'd expect the issue will muster more enthusiasm among Democratic and independent voters, and particularly after the indictments start rolling in.