HOME STATE MEDIA STARTING TO LINK CROOKED MONTANA SENATOR TO ABRAMOFF

Today's MISSOULIAN has a brief story on Republican crook Conrad Burns and his scandalous relationship, including kickbacks and scams, to Tom DeLay consigliere Jack Abramoff. Although dozens of Republican House members are involved in the scandal-- as well as several Bush cronies from the Executive branch-- Burns is the first U.S. Senator to be swept up by the investigation. It is unlikely that Burns will be alone for too long since other corrupt GOP Senators have been on the take from Abramoff for many years.