I've fallen a bit behind…

I've fallen a bit behind…

…in my scandal scorekeeping duties, but things should be back on track right soon now. Meantime, some of the best stuff of all is cropping up outside my self-defined boundaries of the D.C. Republicans.

If you don't believe that Tom DeLay is walking point for the whole damn Republican Party, making corruption just another checkpoint on the GOP 'to-do' list, take a look at the activity in some of the Governor's mansions they control. The Carpetbagger Report has a summary...

In Ohio, Gov. Bob Taft (R) is overwhelmed by charges of corruption; California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) seems to have become a magnet for controversy, and former Connecticut Gov. John Rowland (R) is currently behind bars.

And then there's Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher (R), who is up to his ears in a major scandal involving his administration's hiring practices. In fact, earlier this year, documents, including notes and emails, came to light that showed Fletcher's hiring decisions were based almost exclusively on partisanship and not individual qualifications — you got a job in state government if you're a Republican, whether you deserved it or not….

…and so forth.

Jeebus. Just when you think Republicans are hostile to trial lawyers, they start up this full employment program for the lucky litigators…