Final congressional race resolved; Virginia Democrat Perriello wins

By GottaLaff

Now about that Senate race in Minnesota... can we resolve that one, too?

More than six weeks after voters headed to the polls, the final House race has been called in favor of the Democratic challenger in Virginia.

Tom Perriello has been certified as the winner in his race against Republican Rep. Virgil Goode. Perriello’s win means that Democrats will hold a 257-to-178 seat advantage over Republicans in the new Congress that will convene next month. Democrats picked up 21 seats in the 2008 election.

In the Senate, the close race in Minnesota between Al Franken and Republican Sen. Norm Coleman is still undecided. A state board convened this week to consider disputed ballots that will decide this contest.

"Sentencing memo contains hints of a bigger scandal to come"

By GottaLaff

Mitchell Wade is a corrupt former lobbyist who plead guilty in 2006 to bribing former Rep. Duke Cunningham (R-CA). Well guess what: Now, according to Think Progress, he's helping “the government in investigating five other members of Congress,” according to a memorandum filed on Wednesday.

According to the sentencing memo:

[T]he other unnamed members are under investigation for “corruption similar to that of Mr. Cunningham.” Seth Hettena suggests two of those five include former Reps. Katherine Harris (R-FL) and Virgil Goode (R-VA). Hettena also reports that the sentencing memo contains hints of a bigger scandal to come:

Prosecutors drop tantalizing hints about an even bigger, ongoing investigation. Wade was debriefed in 2006 and provided “moderately useful” background information in another “large and important corruption investigation” that also has not yet resulted in any charges.

Katherine Harris? Under investigation for her involvement in a nice, big, fat scandalapalooza? Mmmm, dee-lish. I suddenly find myself salivating uncontrollably. Unbecoming, yes, but, shhh, no one's around, so it's okay.