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1 Brian Ross, “DeLay’s Lavish Island Getaway,” ABC News, April 6,
2005, http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Investigation/story?id=647725&page
2 Allan Lengel, “FBI Says Jefferson was Filmed Taking Cash,” Washington Post, May 22,
2006.
3 Rich Lowry, “The Culture of Corruption Loses: A corpulent Congress reaps what it
sowed,” National Review Online, November 10,
2006, http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZjgyNmIyYTgwOWRkYThhMTc0MWQ2ZDk0OD
Q....
4 According to the five Washington Post/ABC News polls taken in 2006, a majority of
respondents disapproved of the handling of ethics in government, a level not attained in
2005 polls by the same organizations:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
srv/politics/polls/postpoll_121206.htm. Furthermore, a July 2006 Harris poll asking
individuals if they generally trust several types of people found that only 35 percent of
respondents trusted members of Congress, down from 46 percent in
1998: http://www.pollingreport.com/values.htm.
5 Many press freedom advocates lambasted the decision to jail journalist Judith Miller in
2005 for refusing to reveal her sources in relation to the leak of the identity of CIA agent
Valerie Plame, as well as threats by other prosecutors to detain journalists in similar cases.
Other observers are troubled by the fact that the Plame case was pursued even after the
prosecutor was unable to bring charges for the original leak, leading to the conviction of I.
Lewis (Scooter) Libby, the vice president’s former chief of staff, for acts of obstruction and
perjury that arose from the investigation itself. Similarly, in the 1990s, Independent
Counsel Kenneth Starr’s six-year, $52 million probe into the real-estate dealings of Bill and
Hillary Clinton failed to substantiate the core allegations, but spawned peripheral
convictions. The case led many to question the wisdom of having an independent council,
and Congress let the position expire in 1999.
6 Senator William Marcy, a New York Democrat, coined this phrase in 1831. He used it to
defend the appointment practices of Andrew Jackson.
7 William Safire, No Uncertain Terms: More Writing from the Popular on Language Column
in the New York Times Magazine (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003), 60–62.
8 See Maureen Dowd, “Neigh To Cronies,” New York Times, September 10, 2005; Spencer
S. Hsu, “Leaders Lacking Disaster Experience,” Washington Post, September 9, 2005; and
Yochi J. Dreazen, “Connections Are Key To Contracts for Katrina Aid,” Wall Street Journal,
September 30, 2005.
9 Daren Fonda and Rita Healy, “How Reliable Is Brown’s Resume?” Time Magazine,
September 8, 2005, http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1103003,00.html.
10 CNN.com, “‘Can I Quit Now?’ FEMA Chief Wrote As Katrina Raged,” November 4,
2005, http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/03/brown.fema.emails/.
11 Karen Tumulty, Mark Thompson, and Mike Allen, “How Many More Mike Browns are
Out There?” Time Magazine, October 3,
2005, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1109345,00.html.
12 Ibid.
13 Dan Eggen and Spencer S. Hsu, “Immigration Nominee’s Credentials
Questioned,” Washington Post, September 20, 2005.
14 Eric Lipton and Ron Nixon, “Storm and Crisis: Rebuilding; Many Contracts for Storm
Work Raise Questions,” New York Times, September 26, 2005.

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