Talk:K Street Project

message: If you don't like the word "coziness", replace it with a suitable appropriate word, but the basic allegation has been reported in numerous news articles for  almost 5 years.  Here are some of the first hits for Google searches such as coziness bush administration lobbyists regulations or similar:
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2003/0307.confessore.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1315-2004Aug14.html
http://www.citizen.org/congress/regulations/issue_areas/faa/articles.cfm?ID=6215
http://www.mapcruzin.com/news/rtk111103a.htm
And of course, Dick Cheney's "Energy Task Force" has been extremely widely reported. AnonMoos 17:07, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: "Coziness" is fine as a characterization, but it should probably have quotes around it, just as was done here, since it's a characterization made by some people, but not by all, and is a word that could throw this into NPOV issues. Nhprman 01:53, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Now that I've read the article in greater detail, and noticed that the text is plagarized from a Leftwing Think Tank's Website. It is NOT a neutral article, and needs work. Nhprman 02:29, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Coziness" 

message: NPOV language added to avoid a NPOV "disputed" tag, which I surely would have instigated in its previous form.  Nhprman 19:32, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added NPOV language 

message: I expanded the example of the Saginaw Chippewas' contributions to make the "reduced their percentages" statement clearer. But I noticed an interesting correlation. In both cited periods, the tribe contributed roughly 2-to-1 in favor of the party in the White House. Because of this, it may not be the most compelling evidence tying Abramoff to Republicans (as opposed to the sitting President's party), which the inclusive paragraph seems to be arguing. (Not that I'm trying to make or attack this case; it just seems to be a potential weakness in the argument.) ~ Jeff Q (talk) 17:13, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Saginaw Chippewas contributions 

message: I removed the following text because it appears to be an unsourced claim and is too vague, lacking any specific examples:
:The generic accusation that "both parties took donations" from Abramoff clients obscures the fact that some of these groups were Democratic donors before they became Abramoff clients, and simply continued to donate to Democrats in the same dollar amounts as they had previously done.
This seems likely to be true. It also seems likely to be true for at least some Republican Party donators. We need sources because without them, these non-specific claims, however likely, are just speculation. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 03:28, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Obscuring of donation continuance 

message: The following was deleted from the article because it's about Abramoff, not the K Street Project. Pretty sure it repeats information already included in Jack Abramoff and Abramoff lobbying and corruption scandal...
Abramoff's associates gave donations to members of both parties, but two-thirds of the cash went to Republicans.. However, federal records show that between 2001 and 2004, Abramoff himself gave more than $127,000 to Republican candidates and committees and nothing to Democrats.  .   Political analysts say that the scandal currently hurts the Republican Party more than the Democrats, but members of both parties have returned large cash contributions given to them by Abramoff (as to Republicans) or his clients in past campaigns.  All of Abramoff's personal campaign contributions went exclusively to Republicans.  .  The five people charged or directly implicated so far in this scandal are Republicans.  .
U.S. President George W. Bush called Abramoff "an equal money dispenser" who helped politicians of both parties. However, federal records show that between 2001 and 2004, Abramoff himself gave more than $127,000 to Republican candidates and committees and nothing to Democrats.  .  Abramoff's tribal clients reduced their percentages of contributions to Democrats after Abramoff began representing them.  . For example, between 1997 and 2000, the Saginaw Chippewas gave $158,000 to Republicans and $279,000 to Democrats, a 64%-to-36% split favoring the Democrats. Between 2001 and 2004, the tribe's contributions to Republicans more than tripled to $500,500, while their Democratic donations were nearly unchanged at $277,210, reversing the ratio to 64%-to-36% favoring the GOP. .
Yet, in mid-January, two Democrats returned donations from Indian tribes represented by Abramoff and from his associates. Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota — the top Democrat on a committee investigating the lobbyist — gave back $67,000. Senator Max Baucus of Montana said he would return $18,893.. As of early January, 2006, at least 24 politicians (all but three of them Republicans) have pledged to relinquish $515,199 in Abramoff funds, including House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) (at least $60,000), Tom DeLay (R-Tx.)($57,000), and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) ($8,500).  U.S. President George W. Bush pledged to give up $6,000, but not the more than $100,000 Abramoff raised for the Bush-Cheney campaign.  The Republican Governors Association will donate to charity $500,000 in campaign contributions linked to Abramoff.
:As long as it doesn't return in a biased format, it can stay gone as far as I'm concerned, even though I added some of it. Nhprman 02:41, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Question, however. Why did you leave in "The Abramoff connection" section at all? Why not delete that, too, if he's irrelevant to this article? As is, it only tells PART of the story, only serving to bring some political digs at the GOP's expense, and will be taken out or revised if left in. In fact, that's why some balance was put in the comments you deleted. Nhprman 02:44, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deleted Abramoff content 

message: I don't feel that I know enough about this to edit the page myself, but I feel like it could benefit from some more direct quotes that relate to some of the statements made, especially those about Santorum.  Some can be found on the links provided in the article, but I think more research can be done on this.
In particular, the Defenses of the K Street Project section contains only vague references to Republicans who have publicly defended it.  I would love to get a better sense of who precisely they are.
Also, since some in this discussion have expressed the view that the article is slanted against Republicans, and the article also talks about Senator Santorum's involvement, maybe we could add a link to the letter that Santorum wrote to Harry Reid?  In it he defends himself against allegations of his involvement.  It  can be found here: 
Nisaba Gray 17:47, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: One of the guidelines here is to Be bold in updating pages. Feel free to add what you think is appropriate. Someone may disagree, may change it a bit, or delete it. You can make a case then for keeping it, changing it, etc. Thanks for the input! Nhprman 01:01, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quotes 

message: There's a lot at http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060220/scahill Exile on K Street -- a project for someone: go through the list and update the appropriate articles: Alexander Strategy Group, Ed Beckham, Roy Blunt, K Street Project, Tom DeLay, ARMPAC, Ellis, Abramoff, etc etc . . . phew! Sholom 21:26, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
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message: Grover Norquist attempts to trademark 'K Street Project'  -- noosphere 16:01, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
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