Two Republicans in Jail

I'll suspend my pragmatism to clean out the stables. The Wall Street Journal news pages report: (paid link)

Rep. Don Young of Alaska, the former chairman of the House Transportation Committee, now is the subject of a continuing criminal inquiry involving possible political favors for a company in Alaska, people close to the case said. Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska, the powerful former chairman of the Appropriations Committee and the longest-serving Senate Republican, is also now under criminal investigation, these people said.

I would trade a Senate seat and a House seat to get rid of those two. You can throw Rep. Jerry Lewis of California in their cell as well.

Politics Posted by John Kranz at July 25, 2007 10:38 AM