"…a Republican scandal…

...and any attempt to portray it otherwise is a misdirection."
Hey, it's not just me. That's Rich Lowry in the National Review.

And it's not just Delay. It's not just Nye. It's not just a scandal. The entire Republican operation, in the House, in the Senate, in the White House, is scarcely more than a criminal enterprise. Republicanism as an expression of conservatism in the American body politic is dead. They're radical, they're destructionist and they're crooks and liars, or willingly led by crooks and liars.

Time to clean house.