Word: scandalize
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Foley Damage Assessment - So Far With its finger pointing and mishandling of the scandal, the Republican leadership has given already disaffected voters another reason to throw it out of power
...scandal did knock two powerful Republicans out of Congress over the past year, putting both their seats in play. At the same time, Democrats are finding that in a handful of districts like Doolittle's, their opponents' ties to Abramoff are helping them raise money and close poll numbers, forcing expensive countermeasures like the Bush visit. And with races tightening across the country, a handful of districts may be enough. The Abramoff factor has put up to five seats in play for Democrats in a contest in which 15 would give them control of the House...
...beat the late-starting G.O.P. write-in candidate Shelley Sekula-Gibbs. In southeastern Ohio, former House Administration Committee chairman Bob Ney is retiring after pleading guilty last month to trading favors for campaign contributions from Abramoff. But his handpicked replacement, Joy Padgett, can't shake the taint of scandal. Ney's solidly Republican district favored Bush by 14 percentage points in 2004 but is now polling anywhere from 2% to 14% in favor of Democrat Zack Space...
...poll that showed him closing to within 2 points of Doolittle. Now Brown says the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has agreed to send him a check. He's still a long shot. But says Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report: "If it weren't for the Abramoff scandal, we wouldn't even be talking about these races...
...Foley Damage Assessment - So Far With its finger pointing and mishandling of the scandal, the Republican leadership has given already disaffected voters another reason to throw it out of power