It ain't easy being sleazy: Part 3

I know I said I wasn't blogging until Sunday. But I lied. That's what we sleazy DC lobbyists do.

OK, maybe I'm not a sleazy lobbyist. Yet. But I play one in this video created by the Peggy Lamm for CD7 campaign. That's me, about 7 seconds in. And I think its fair to say that only RNC chair Ken Mehlman matches my sleaze quotient, which has been measured in the high 90s.

I'm sure Peggy's opponents will try to pick the video apart. But I was glad to hear her taking some definitive stands on issues like Iraq, the right to marry, and social security privatization. (Although I strongly oppose her position on Alan Jackson.)

In fact, it seems like all the CD7 candidates are trying to find points of difference with each other. While I was on my break last week, Herb Rubenstein sent me a white paper on "New Politics."

Fortunately, it looks like the Democratic CD7 candidates - Peggy, Herb and Ed Perlmutter - are essentially running against each other for the seat. The Republicans' sole contender, Rubber Stamp Rick O'Donnell, is already prompting calls for a U.S. House ethics investigation.

Let me repeat that. O'Donnell is sparking a House ethics investigation and he hasn't even been elected yet.

So, uh, where was I? Oh that's right. I was talking about how I'm not blogging today. Which I'm not. Anymore. Until Sunday.

You can read part 1 of It Ain't Easy Being Sleazy here and part 2 here. The photo is courtesy of the Lamm campaign.