Via TPM, the tale of a revolution gone bad:A requiem for the nearly departed Republican Congress: A stroll down the 100 block of D Street, Southeast in the nation's capital.Anybody in the market for a nice Capital Hill rowhouse?Inside the elegant painted-brick rowhouses that line the quiet street within sight of the U.S. Capitol are the stories of a revolution gone wildly wrong.
Overlooked oversight, tawdry tales of money and sex, increasingly strident conservatism that left moderates feeling isolated and disaffected: It's all here, a one-block catalogue of self-inflicted wounds.
With many of the block's congressional homeowners now facing either lucrative lobbying jobs or unemployment, maybe they could make it a show; open their doors and sell tickets: How We Lost Congress Without Really Trying. A bit of high drama, a dollop of tragedy, a lot of low comedy.
I'm not so sure anymore about those "lucrative lobbying jobs" (which would keep them in DC and in the houses they own); with the promised reforms, there may be fewer of those jobs going. And, with maybe a few exceptions, I doubt the lobbying firms will be as eager to emply *Repubs* as they used to be, since there's less likely to be much profit in it.
I'd guess the incoming Dems ought to be able to pick some of those houses up for a song. Though maybe not the Foley one -- that one is probably scheduled to be a tourist attraction :)