Pelosi used the Mark Foley scandal to take over in 2006. Foley was tied to every Republican running. Look for the same play again.
Yep, most of the people resigning either from Congress or elsewhere to this point have been Republicans. There has been a small number of Democrats that have bowed out, but the numbers should be at least equal to or higher than what we are seeing from the GOP given how corrupt the DemocRats are. So yes, the "corrupt GOP" meme almost certainly will be deployed by the DNC for the midterms.
All we would have to do is bring up Eric Schneiderman
You are correct. Just before that scandal broke out there were signs the GOP was starting to regain its footing...but that blew the door wide open again and there was no going back.
It wasn’t Mark Foley that wrecked the party in 2006. It was Bush43 embracing amnesty. You cannot betray your party base.