Posted at 8:37 AM on January 8, 2006
by Bob Collins
Some things you can ignore. Democrats criticizing Republicans and Republicans criticizing Democrats is about as noteworthy as the rising sun (not that Minnesotans would know anything about the sun these days). But on the heels of the blistering Wall Street Journal attack last week against Republicans, New York Times columnist David Brooks tackles the party he's defended more often than not.
"For God's sake, Republicans, show a little moral revulsion," Brooks says.
Let's face it: the details of the Abramoff scandal are too complex and require more attention than the average voter has time or patience for. So this sort of rhetoric among conservative commentators is a gut punch to the '06 strategy.
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