Flashpoint for Dec. 9, 2005

Friday, Dec. 9, 2005 | 8:34 a.m.

It was bound to happen. The Republicans, sick of hearing about DelayFristCummingham and a "culture of corruption" have decided to rope the Democrats into some scandal talk -- and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, is in the mix. So says The Hill about the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which plans to run TV ads attacking Reid and others. Reid and some Democrats have taken money from clients of controversial lobbyist Jack Abramoff, whose ties to ex-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay have caused much capital chattering. Reid, who has been bludgeoning the president and the GOP for months, is not even up for re-election. And that makes the attack even more flattering.

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