When people ask me why I wasn’t upset about the Democrats taking control of Congress last Fall, I point to examples like this:

The class of 41 freshman House Democrats has selected a registered lobbyist to form its political action committee, in what ethics watchdogs and Republicans are calling a contradiction of their promise to end a “culture of corruption” in Washington.

The custodian of the Democratic Freshmen PAC is William C. Oldaker, 65, whose most-recent lobbying clients include the oil industry, the tobacco lobby, pharmaceutical industries and American Indian gambling interests.

Seriously, the best campaign against a Democrat in the White House in 2008… is Democrats in Congress now.