How Long is the Republican Learning Curve?

Pretty darn long, if they are capable of learning at all. I know, I know, it's hard to give up the goodies, even when you've been caught with your hand in the cookie jar. But here we are, weeks into the Abramoff scandal, and just now Senate Repbulicans have decided that they won't pass out their K Street Jobs list at meetings.

What is the K Street Jobs list, you ask? Well since Senator Rick Santorum (R-Penn) isn't here to answer, I'll take it. It's a list of consultant job openings (our famed K Street area). The House and Senate Republicans, armed with each new list, would use them when meeting with lobbyists. "Say, John Doe," they might say to these lobbyists who are trying to do anything to please the people with power, "I see there's a job opening in your organization. Who are you going to hire? A democrat and never be taken seriously again as a lobbyist in my office? Or a Republican, and by the way, I think we can get that bill of yours passed this year."

Oh yeah, and anybody who thinks that this announcement that they won't pass the list around at meetings means the list won't still make the rounds, please take two steps into the air, 'cause you're living in a dream world.