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The Foley Morning Update

  • Bush phoned House Speaker Dennis Hastert and "expressed his support" (CNN). Los Angeles Times editorial: "Speaker Hastert Should Resign." Also, the Hartford Courant: "The Speaker Cannot Stay."

  • So -- did Boehner talk to Hastert about Foley? Or Not?

  • FL elections officials will not include a notice with absentee ballots informing FL 16 voters that a Mark Foley vote will count for Joe Negron (Palm Beach Post).

  • "Yo, what's up, y'all, it's Russell Simmons" -- Simmons, in Michael Steele's new MD SEN radio ad (release).

  • Yesterday, The Hill actually called for Hastert and John Boehner to "get on the same page" (Extreme Mortman).

  • "Oh, thank God. Send me that photo, I might need it someday" -- Foley, on being pictured with a young, female, intern on his lap (Los Angeles Times).