T-Shirt (and mug!) in the balance?
TPM Reader MM looked to be our first contest winner on the White House Abramoff Records front.
On Friday, he called up the district office of Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ), who’s now running to be the new House Majority Leader, and MM asked whether Rep. Shadegg believed President Bush should release the records of all the staff meeting and White House events he attended from 2001 to 2004.
To his surprise and gratification, MM was told that Rep. Shadegg did believe the president should release the White House Abramoff records. Fit in with his stand on openness and transparency from the House leadership race.
Needless to say, MM‘s win seemed assured. But when I called Shadegg’s district office to confirm, things broke down. I was told that I should call the congressman’s DC office and speak to the press secretary. When I did that I got … well, I got the tell-tale voicemail.
So the contest continues; but MM seems to have the inside track.
