[GirlShortstop]

• U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin said this afternoon that his campaign manager and a low-level staffer had resigned
• "It appears these shenanigans were the work of one young staffer who didn't have enough supervision," the Democrat said.
• He acknowledged, however, that the taping was done at the request of one of his staff members, Rafael Ruthchild, 21
• The tape allegedly was made by Brian Conley, 53, of Des Moines

There's fuzzy math in this thing... the Young Staffer, who's 21 - so that's the CAMPAIGN MANAGER? Tape made by a 53-year old? Am I as think as I drunk I am? LOL

[Plunge Protection Team]

Am I reading this correctly? The 21 year old has that much control? Forget the staffers resigning. How about Harkin?

[roses of sharon]

I would love to find out what Harkin said about Linda Tripp's taping of Monica.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Nah... the math is right... It's common practice in the demo-rat party to pair 50-ish men with women in their early 20s - especially for 'undercover' stuff.... ;0)

[LasVegasMac]

You guys missed the most important "fact" here......

Harkin said no crime was committed. He acknowledged, however, that the taping was done at the request of one of his staff members, Rafael Ruthchild, 21. Harkin said no one else on his staff knew about the request.

That is our que to say, "Oh, ok - as long as no funny business went on all is forgiven."

I left my home state when I was 19. And for the last 10 years, I have been trying to convince my Mom that Democrats are bent on destroying this country and it's way of life. I get a better response from a brick wall.

The good news is that the Rat party took Iowa by approx 5,000 votes in 2000.

They are not all beyond hope back there. I do pray.

LVM

[Dark Wing]

A stupid self-inflicted campaign wound ping!

[nonliberal]

This story only has legs for a few days. The problem here is that Ganske is only slightly more conservative than Harkin. Ganske rates a D-minus from the NRA while Harkin rates an F.

Conley had contributed to Ganske's campaign and was invited to the strategy meeting with Bush aide Ken Mehlmann (sp?). Conley was a former Harkin aide back in the 1970s. Conley did not like what he was hearing in the meeting so he turned a tape he made over to the Harkin camp, who subsequently transcribed it and turned it over to the press.

I hope that clears up the "fuzzy math" thing.

[Petronski]

Believe me, I'd love to see this guy torpedoed, but from what I'm reading here, they haven't got him.