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...fizzled. Nothing like the 60 court cases some predicted have materialized. Democrats, beset by their own ethics scandals in West Virginia and Louisiana, have all but abandoned attempts to nationalize corruption as an issue. Even last week's revelation that Abramoff had 82 contacts with Bush adviser Karl Rove registered barely a blip on the capital's political seismograph...
...with them. The report cites more than 400 instances of Abramoff's team lobbying the White House. This is a one-sided account though, as it relies on e-mails from Abramoff and his fellow lobbyists; in many instances he discusses meals with White House senior advisers like Karl Rove, and it' s unclear if those ever actually took place. The White House has long maintained that Abramoff has exaggerated his ties and contacts to the Bush Administration...
...report makes clear that Abramoff was in frequent communication with White House officials, particularly Susan Ralston, who was an assistant to Abramoff before becoming Rove's assistant early in Bush's first term. Abramoff's clients, mainly Indian tribes, paid for skyboxes and tickets to events that the lobbyist used to host congressional aides and others, and in the e-mails, Ralston treats Abramoff like her own personal Ticketmaster, frequently asking him if he has tickets to games and leaving the impression in some messages that she occasionally didn't pay for them. White House officials are banned from taking...
...sure, the messages make it clear Abramoff desperately wanted to have more personal time with Rove, and couldn't get it, often having his calls returned by Rove aides rather than the powerful aide himself. In Dec. 2000, he sent a message trying to ingratiate himself with Rove, noting "I am sure you well covered with everything, but just in case, please do not hesitate to ask me for anything you might need." Sounding like a high school nerd with a crush on the captain of the cheerleading team, he brags about and overstates his few actual interactions with Rove...
...this helps explains why Presidential Advisor Karl Rove and Vice President Dick Cheney have also shown up for campaign fundraisers near the Mississippi River. "It's seen as one of the top seats that's going to switch," says Donna Hoffman, a University of Northern Iowa political science assistant professor...