When Democratic leaders leave congress, they do so because they lose a narrow election (see Daschle, Folley) or they retire (see Mitchell, Gephardt). In either case, no one questions their ethics, although they might question their ideology.
When Republican leaders leave congress, it is either because they pled guilty to $2.4M in bribes (Cunningham...soon Ney), all their former staffers, friends, and family members have either pled guilty to money laundering, violating tax law, etc. or are under the shaddow of an indictment or looming indictment(DeLay). Or they are so incompetent that they can't run for reelection, or be Majority Leader, or run for president at the same time (and suck at all three) (Frist). Or they lead the charge to impeach a president for lying about an extramarital affair while having their own (Livingstone) or making money off a book deal (Gingrich). Or they get pushed out because they long for the segrationist policies of Strom Thurmond's 1948 presidential campaign (Lott).
The difference between congressional Dems and GOPers are the dimes one takes, and the other doesn't.
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