Another thought on the Abramoff story.
People tend to think of this story as the DeLay crew finally getting caught with their hands in the cookie jar. And some of the immediate causes of Jack Abramoff’s troubles were some Indian elections that went bad for him. But there’s another part to this story that will be important to keep an eye on.
There are many theories about who’s leaking on who in generating all these revelations about Abramoff and his associates. But it’s clear that a big factor in all of this — a big factor in generating a lot of these stories — is a division between different groups of ex-DeLay aides — particularly, the one surrounding Abramoff (the one that has everyone rushing for the exits, if they can find an open door) and that around Ed Buckham.
