They don't know Jack: the Abramoff scandal thrills Washington but bores voters.
| Publisher | Reason Foundation |
| Publication | Reason |
| Subject | Humanities |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 0048-6906 |
| Issues per Year | 11 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Published | 2006-10-01 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Person | Ethical aspects | Jack Abramoff |
| Person | Political activity | Jack Abramoff |
| Author | n/a | David Weigel |
SIX MONTHS AGO, Washington pundits could agree on one thing: The Jack Abramoff scandal was going to shake the city to its foundations. New York Times columnist Frank Rich opined that "Watergate itself increasingly looks like a relatively contained epidemic of corruption" next to l'affaire de Jack. Awarding a journalism prize to Washington Post investigative reporter Susan Schmidt, Bloomberg's Washington managing editor, Al Hunt, said "the Abramoff affair may be the biggest and sleaziest scandal since Watergate" Rumors swirled that dozens of representatives and senators would be...
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