The Washington Monthly (pretty much my only source for news) points to an article on the lack of scandals from the Obama White House. One of the odd things about it is the fact that a White House going two and a half years without a scandal is newsworthy. I guess that since 1977, there's been some sort of White House scandal every 34 months on average.
Given the crazy 24/7 news cycle we have and the hordes of conservative reports/commentators who would just love to drum up something about Barack, it's kind of remarkable. This is politics we're talking about. I believe firmly that Barack is a pretty clean pol but even he has rubbed elbows with the likes of Tony Rezko.
Anyhow, this is great information, especially given that the Repugs often refer to the Obama White House as the most corrupt ever.
1 comment:
interesting. it's always hard to promote the absence of things so this probably gets less attention than it should. every 34 months??!? hopefully obama can weave all the amazing things he has done (and hasn't done) into an effective narrative for 2012.
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