Here's an existential question: Sleaze oozes out of D.C. [occasionally it oozes back in, but mostly out], and has been oozing for who knows how long. One would expect to see at least some putative signs of ooze depletion at the source by now, right? If oil fields get depleted, why not D.C.?
D.C. sleaze is like a venereal disease: the gift that keeps on giving.