Should we call this "Hookergate?" It looks like the CIA and many more GOP congressmen are going to be dragged into this mess.
Jack Abramoff Scandal
Abramoff has now pleaded guilty, so we can expect the Justice Department to start going after Congressmen and their staffers.
Plamegate
Scooter Libby has been indicted on one count of obstruction of justice, two counts of perjury and two counts of making false statements. Karl Rove has escaped indictment for now, but the case is not yet closed.
The indictment cites an article in the New Republic from 2003 after the invasion of Iraq that started the chain of events leading to the outing of Valerie Plame. The article is an amazing piece of reporting that blew apart the administration's case for war, demonstrating in detail how the administration intentionally exaggerated the nuclear threat posed by Saddam. Joe Wilson was one of the key sources for that article.
In a related story, the National Journal is reporting that Vice President Dick Cheney and Scooter Libby withheld documents from the Senate Intelligence Committee in 2004 in connection with their investigation of pre-war intelligence.
Cronyism
Following the Miers nomination, it's now conservatives attacking the president for cronyism. While incompetent in most important matters, this administration at least used to get the politics right. Now they've made the cronyism storyline even more credible with the Miers fiasco.
Katrina Disaster
The fiasco in New Orleans has opened the eyes of many Americans. They have now seen up close the incompetence of the Bush administration. They've seen how cronyism trumps experience and expertise. Now we'll see if Bush will follow up on his promises to help rebuild New Orleans.
Social Security
The biggest battle going on in Washington concerns Bush's attempt to change Social Security by turning it into a contribution plan with private accounts as opposed to a defined benefit plan of social insurance. So far Americans aren't buying it.
Stem Cell Research
Congress is set to defy President Bush by lifting the ban on this popular research. Can they overcome a threatened veto?