Crashing, burning

Republican lobbyist Michael Scanlon has plead guilty to bribing members of congress. Significance? Well, it can't be good for Bob Ney (R-OH); from TPM:

In their charge against Scanlon, federal prosecutors assert that Scanlon and Abramoff offered and Ney accepted numerous bribes for various official acts. (He's referenced as 'Legislator #1'; but it's Ney.) By pleading guilty, Scanlon of course agrees that that is true. And he will testify to that effect.

That just can't sit well with constituents.

No, it can't. Yet another reason that I'll be rather disappointed if even a single Republican gets elected in Ohio in 2006 - they're all so clearly cooked.