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Today's Prowler
reports that there's an e-mail going around that "outs" gay Republican
staffers, and the tactic of using sexual politics has some democrat
leaders worried ...
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Of concern: that House Democrat leadership or Rep. Dale Kildee (Mich.),
the Democrat member of the page board, who has served on it since 1985,
or his staff have received complaints about Democrat colleagues'
perceived inappropriate communications or contact with pages or former
pages, and have not brought those complaints to the board or House
management, such as the House Clerk's office. Kildee has been vocal
about the Foley complaints not being brought before the full board
prior to the scandal breaking, and the secretive nature of the
Republican leadership's attempts to bring closure to the scandal.
"We all know this kind of scandal isn't just a Republican problem,"
says a Democrat political consultant in Washington. "We don't want to
see what is out there about Democratic House members or former members."
But other Democrats say more is to come, that talk among Democrats
around town is that researchers at CREW and the House Democrat
Congressional Campaign Committee have in recent weeks been in contact,
and that there are additional stories involving Republicans and
questionable ethics behavior to be leaked closer to election time.
"It's gossip, and there is just a feeling that the DCCC is in on some
of this and that there is more to come closer to Election Day.
Remember, [DCCC Chairman Rahm] Emanuel has done this kind of stuff
before back with the Clintons," says the Democrat consultant.
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I really don't believe Democrats are worried, because they know any
such scandal would go largely unreported. Also note the
mention of a liaison between CREW and the House Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee.
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