coming. in that s a very good canary in the coal mine sort of thing. one of the things i did in the wrecking crew is go back and look at how the different the waves of conservative idealism led to k street, or led to these awful things. by the way, we shouldn t just be talking about congress. do you remember, this is getting a little far away do, you remember ollie north? very idealistic man. but this goes all the way back. this is what the reagan administration is all about, the george w. bush administration, and that sort of thing. but keep an eye on what happens with people like jack abramoff s good friend grover norquist. with these new members of congress, the idealistic freshmen be going to his meetings again? what about the other members of the abramoff gang? what about the other members of the wrecking crew? will they be back in? go down to charlie palmers and see what a price on a bottle of chateau lafitte, what happens to that. there is a way to gauge it. tom frank, colum
look at how the different the waves of conservative idealism led to k street, or led to these awful things. by the way, we shouldn t just be talking about congress. do you remember, this is getting a little far away do, you remember ollie north? very idealistic man. but this goes all the way back. this is what the reagan administration is all about, the george w. bush administration, and that sort of thing. but keep an eye on what happens with people like jack abramoff s good friend grover norquist. with these new members of congress, the idealistic freshmen be going to his meetings again? what about the other members of the abramoff gang? what about the other members of the wrecking crew? will they be back in? go down to charlie palmers and see what a price on a bottle of chateau lafitte, what happens to that. there is a way to gauge it. tom frank, columnist for harper s magazine and author of the wrecking crew. my pleasure. to replace outgoing chief of staff rahm emanuel, pre