Abramoff had nearly 200 contacts with Bush administration in first 10 months.

In President Bush's first 10 months, GOP fundraiser Jack Abramoff and his lobbying team logged nearly 200 contacts with the new administration as they pressed for friendly hires at federal agencies and sought to keep the Northern Mariana Islands exempt from the minimum wage and other laws, records show.

The meetings between Abramoff's lobbying team and the administration ranged from Attorney General John Ashcroft to policy advisers in Vice President Dick Cheney's office, according to his lobbying firm billing records.

Abramoff, a $100,000-plus fundraiser for Bush, is now under criminal investigation for some of his lobbying work. His firm boasted its lobbying team helped revise a section of the Republican Party's 2000 platform to make it favorable to its island client.

They can run but they cannot hide!

It is almost like watching that old footage of the Hindenburg slowly bursting into flames and crashing to the ground.

"Oh the humanity!"

I wonder how many Republicans will be left after all of the dust settles when the Abramoff scandal finally comes to a close. I imagine that McCain will survive with his reputation intact. Not so sure about any of the others.