GOP Scandal Watch: 10/11/06

Just 28 days to Election Day - how many GOP scandals can we count today?

Wayne Madsen compiled a beautiful state-by-state GOP Scandal Scorecard - send it to your friends!

Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) will plead guilty on Friday the 13th for his Abramoff bribes and go directly to jail - but he will pass Go! and he will collect $200 $165,200! And to make matters worse, he will still collect his full Congressional pension for the rest of his life!! (CREW)

Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA) insists he never was lobbied by Abramoff. But new documents from the Northern Mariana Islands show Abramoff lobbied Pombo personally.(CREW)

Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) visited Pages outside their dorm in 2000 and 2002-3, forcing the Page supervisor to intervene. (ABC)

Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) said today he did not read the sexual emails from Mark Foley to a page and did not confront Foley personally. But two days ago, Kolbe's spokesperson said he did read those emails and did confront Foley personally. (John Aravosis)

Sen. Mike Dewine (R-OH) is under investigation by the Army for illegally using a uniformed soldier in his campaign ad. (Greg Sargent)

Rep. Charles Taylor (R-NC) has used earmarks to directly benefit his own companies. (CREW/Wall Street Journal)