As Republicans try to prove the Democrats sprung the Foley scandal as an 'October Surprise', it is fun to actually learn how it all started. Check out the website for CREW - Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. Talk about swimming upstream. Anyway, they apparently got some Foley emails in July and promptly turned them over to the FBI - the same day. And the FBI has sat on them for over two months. They now want to know why.

We liberals are cheered by Hastert's determination to stay on as Speaker of the House of Representatives. As such, he can answer questions each day as new revelations come out on his involvement. Or - we liberals hope - he will refuse to answer questions. It really is not a question of if but when before the election that he will go. He seems to be the last to know.