The Post's Deborah Howell

Washington Post editor Jim Brady, in today's (Sunday) paper, is continuing to repeat the Republican wet dream: Abramoff "directed" his tribal clients to give money to Democratic candidates.

Why this storyline is being parrotted by a supposively respectable newspaper, I would like to know. Democratic candidates received less money from the tribal interests represented by Abramoff after he started lobbying him than before. At the same time, Republican candidates and "charities" more than doubled their share.

But if the indirect evidence isn't enough, it's on the Times' (and other media outlets) to prove that 1) Abramoff directed money to Democrats, and 2) There was some how a tit for tat involved. Otherwise, these insinuations, clearly intended to help Republicans save face, are worthless.