Jack Abramoff has a passel of troubles

And now some of them are in the Senate. One of the great agents of balance in American politics is hubris. With time, even the powerful forget they're not that smart.

A bunch of these characters are also former administration officials. I can't keep blaming Bush for being the Destroyer of Reputations now that other forces are at play.

It's a pity that the Great Unraveling has to happen in a year before congressional elections, but what better way to clean House. And Senate too, it seems.

As for the White House, we'll have to wait.