Republicans Call for Release of Records

...of White House dealings with Jack Abramoff. On Fox, video courteousy of C&L. Senator John Thune and Congressman Mike Pence make it clear the administration should come clean about the disgraced lobbyist's repeated visits to Pennsylvania Avenue. Scott McClellan is going to have to find a new angle to counter the ongoing Abramoff questions. The "partisan attack" stonewall is crumbling, and will continue to do so as republicans facing re-election are forced to choose between their jobs and running cover for the President. From a White House press gaggle on the 23rd: Q I understand that. But why not just say, and just get it over with -- say, here are the issues that he [Abramoff] talked about -- he came to the White House to talk about, here's who he met with, and then move on. Why not -- MR. McCLELLAN: I'm not aware of anything that has anything to do with the investigation. I know that there's some Democrats that want to try to make this--try to engage in partisan attacks. But what we do know from media reports is that Mr. Abramoff gave directly or indirectly to Democrats and Republicans. Trying to say there's more to it than the President taking a picture in a photo line is just absurd.