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Enough, Already.The story that Democratic Congressional leaders forced out Eric Massa by leaking the ethics charge against him appears clearly to be false.   There are abundant reasons to recognize this, principal among them that Eric Massa said it happened that way.

Governor Paterson says he'll call a special election for the 29th Congressional District "as soon as possible."   But why would the Governor, who has discretion in the matter, call a special election when there's nothing in it but trouble for his party?Given that it's highly likely a Republican would win, that's one more vote against passing the Senate health care bill in the House.   The President and Pelosi want that?

Looks like Corning Mayor and Congressional candidate Tom Reed is taking some pre-emptive action against a possible Maggie Brooks run for the 29th District nomination.   A reader, a registered Republican, alerts us that she received a robo-call today from Reed.   She recorded the message from her answering machine:

Judge Richard Keenan held that prosecutors presented insufficient evidence to the grand jury to support the criminal misdemeanor charges against Andrew Moore, former Executive Director of the Monroe County Republican Party.This political prosecution was a farce from its inception, as Mustard Street has pointed out repeatedly.   A low-water mark for the office of District Attorney Mike Green; his Duke rape case.

What's changed?   Why, Eric Massa is now attacking the Democratic Party.   That's what's changed!And suddenly, after days of not daring to speak the name of the ethics charge against Massa, now they are calling it what it is.

By Rottenchester.   Who else?

... as Eric Massa scorned.   Tomorrow, on Glenn Beck(!) and Larry King Live.

Received at Mustard Street:  a communique from Randy Kuhl, of all people, regarding Eric Massa's resignation.   It concludes, "I will address any political decisions in the future ..."

And now Eric Massa's saying the same thing.   As our own Lucy wondered in her posting this weekend, was the Congressman's resignation the result of a setup by the Democratic Party leadership in Washington?

"Paterson just the latest scandal" says the Democrat, and Chronicle of Lies in its local section headline this morning.   A story on the spate of politicians involved in scandal in New York.