Sunday, October 08, 2006

The New Republic: Denny's Deal is Worse than FoleyGate

Norman Ornstein and Scott Lilly examine Denny Hastert's other ethical scandal -- the insider real estate deal in which "virtually overnight, the speaker's net worth went from approximately $300,000 to at least $6.2 million--thanks, in no small part, to an earmark he authored."

From the New Republic Online:
Hastert's real estate transactions have been reported extensively in the Chicago press and picked apart in a June report issued by the Sunlight Foundation. But they have been largely ignored in the national media. A careful examination of the facts in the case, however, leads to the conclusion that there are compelling reasons beyond the Foley case to call for the speaker's resignation from the post.
Democrats should take a moment to contact Denny and encourage him to stand strong -- at least until after the election.

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