Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

FLASHPOINT for Oct 15, 2006

In the 3rd Congressional District, the candidates are hav- ing the debate everyone wanted to hear: Who has the most tainted money? The Republicans leaped to attach Tessa Hafen to the Harry Reid land deal story. Hafen should immediately return the $10,000 Reid gave her because of the questions raised about the senator's land transaction, the Republicans cried. Presumed guilty - an elemental political law. Hafen turned around and demanded Rep. Jon Porter return all of Tom DeLay's tainted money. Hafen would have loved to call on Porter to return Rep. Bob Ney's money after the Ohio congressman pleaded guilty in the Abramoff scandal. But Porter already had. So DeLay was the next best thing. Ain't politics grand?

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