[Jonathan Adler, July 25, 2008 at 9:15pm] Trackbacks
K Street Blues:

The infamous "K Street Project" was really nothing new in Washington D.C. I witnessed this sort of thing firsthand before the GOP took over Congress -- and it hasn't gone away. As Kimberly Strassel reports, the new majority throws its weight around on K Street just like the old majority.

Meanwhile, there's hope that two ethically challenged practitioners of politics-as-usual -- Alaska's Rep. Don Young and Senator Ted Stevens -- are in trouble.

taney71:
Shocking! Elections matter.
7.25.2008 11:01pm
Snarky:
Good to see that despite the cynicism (i.e. "this is nothing new, both parties do it" {subtle implication} nothing will ever change???) you are praising the trouble that two practitioners of "politics-as-usual" are in.

Maybe you aren't a complete nihilist after all.
7.25.2008 11:40pm
Student:

"Meanwhile, there's hope that two ethically challenged practitioners of politics-as-usual -- Alaska's Rep. Don Young and Senator Ted Stevens -- are in trouble."



We can certainly hope. 2 out of 500 or so isn't much of a start though. And yes, I'm probably being absurdly optimistic to suggest that one can locate 35 members of Congress who aren't "ethically challenged".
7.26.2008 5:16pm
Huh (mail):
The K Street Project became basically a job listing site for DC association work on the slightly right-of-center side. Nothing fishy or political about it, just another listing of DC jobs, and no political interference. I should know, I got a pretty great job through the listings, and I had no political help whatsoever.

But Democrats couldn't even let the Hill staffers making $20K a year use a classified ad to get a better job without screaming bloody murder, could they? You know, the more I run across D's in my day-to-day, the more I realize just how small they really are.

(And by the way, I know for a fact that the DNC has at least one staffer keeping track of hiring practices in DC. They do keep score.)
7.28.2008 9:59am
Huh (mail):
Oh, and forgot to mention, lost a great job at a firm a while back when some airhead White House staffer pulled political strings to fill the job I was looking to get. Yup, the White House counsel just called up and said "hire her," and out I went into the street.

But that was during the Clinton Administration, so I guess that doesn't count...
7.28.2008 10:01am