WON'T LAST THE DAY. That's what Bay Buchanan was saying yesterday afternoon on CNN about the fate of House Speaker Dennis Hastertin response to the latest development in the Mark Foley scandal -- the one in which Kirk Fordham, Foley's former chief of staff, claims he brought, three years ago, Foley's predatory behavior with pages to the attention of staffers in the speaker's office. (Bay's literal prediction has been proven wrong, of course, but it's early yet.) All this comes on the heels of calls by prominent right-wingers, most notably New Right Founding Father Richard Viguerie, for Hastert to step down. As per Tuesday's prediction by Brother Rosenfeld that Rep. Tom Reynolds, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, could be next in line after Hastert to take a fall, of course the office that Fordham moved to after he left Foley's staff was none other than Chairman Reynolds'.
--Adele M. Stan
