Rep. Bob Ney‘s (R-OH) latest, from the department of wishful thinking:
Ney, a committee chairman until the scandal erupted, has told several colleagues and aides that the Justice Department has a rule against indicting members within 90 days of an election, increasing his chances of victory. A Justice official said there is no such rule. Ney spokeswoman Katie Harbath said, “We don’t comment on Ney’s conversations with other members.”
Hmm. So according to Ney’s Rule, he’ll be home free if he can make it to August 9th. It’s July 20th now; twenty more days of peril for him, and then he’s home free until November. I’d believe that too, if I were Bob Ney.
As I noted before, Ohio Republicans must be hoping that if Ney is indicted (and there’s very little reason to think that he won’t), it happens before August 19th, after which time it would become much more difficult for Ney to be replaced on the ballot.
