LTTE: The accountable GOP

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The accountable GOP

Ever notice how when Republicans cross the line of ethical behavior, the party confers and the person in question steps down, aside or out of the way?

From the Watergate scandal of Richard Nixon to Trent Lott's fatal toast, the Republicans always do the right thing, the proper thing, the dignified thing. Even FEMA Director Michael Brown bowed out in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. And of course even more recently, Rep. Tom DeLay announced that he would resign his seat and not seek reelection.

It doesn't matter with the Republican Party whether you are a congressman, a senator or the president -- if you cross the line, you fall on your sword.

Not so with the Democrats, however.

There's a reason the Republican Party has ruled the polls the past 12 years, and that reason is not likely to go unnoticed this election year.