Honesty is the best politics

Blue state or Red state, folks elect people they trust to be honest and straightforward. Ethics trumps ideology any day. That's why folks like Paul Simon and John McCain are so universally admired. Michael Crowley's piece in this week's New Republic suggests that Democrats take a page from Gingrich's book and criticize the Republican Congress for its ethical lapses.

"...as long as Republicans deprive Democrats of any parliamentary power, Democrats should consider fighting back by extra-parliamentary means--going beyond the standard parameters of legislative debate and attacking Republicans not just on issues but on ethics, character, and their management of Congress itself. "

I agree, as long as we don't read Newt's last chapter on self-destruction.

http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20050124&s=crowley012405