One of the largest recipients of Abramoff-connected cash was Democratic Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid:
Reid has collected a total of $67,400 from Abramoff-connected clients between 2001 to 2004.
Reid, alone among the Nevada delegation, received a donation very quickly after writing his letter: The very next day, in fact. And claiming it's simply a coincidence that an Indian tribe would have given Reid $5,000 less than 24 hours after he'd written a letter that benefited the tribe is a storyline that's going to be hard to swallow.
...the close proximity in time between the writing of the checks and the sending of the letters, the intrusion into the executive branch decision making and the flimsiness of any policy explanation for the involvement of many of these legislators presents a particular odiferous instance of the ways in which money talks in Washington. Unless, that is, you believe it's all a coincidence.
