The Washington Post is really shilling for the Democrats. They don't even pretend anymore. In an article entitled "Scandals Alone Could Cost Republicans Their House Majority" that runs on the front page, the Post spends the first 13 paragraphs detailing GOP scandals that it thinks will be major issues on Tuesday. Their anticipation of a Republican defeat has them giddy with excitement:

Indictments, investigations and allegations of wrongdoing have helped put at least 15 Republican House seats in jeopardy, enough to swing control to the Democrats on Tuesday even before the larger issues of war, economic unease and President Bush are invoked.

While the bulk of the text is devoted to providing examples of GOP corruption, they do offer up two paragraphs (at the end of the article) in a half-assed attempt to sound fair and balanced.

House Democrats have had to deal with investigations of their own, involving Reps. William J. Jefferson (La.), Alan B. Mollohan (W.Va.) and Jane Harman (Calif.), but none of those cases have put Democratic seats in jeopardy.

In the Senate, a federal inquiry into Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and his ties to a nonprofit community agency that paid him more than $300,000 in rent while receiving millions of dollars in federal assistance has provided his Republican challenger with a strong issue and has kept that race close. But the seat of Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) may be in even more jeopardy, primarily because of Burns's ties to Abramoff.

So the GOP's "culture of corruption" is a major issue among voters. But voters don't care about Democrat scandals that the drive-by media conveniently sweeps under the rug.

The Washington Post mentions three "investigations" of little known House Democrats. But they've conveniently forgotten about Patrick Kennedy's DUI scandal, Nancy Pelosi's illegal PAC dealings, "Baghdad" Jim McDermott's illegal wiretaps (for which the Washington Post actively petitioned the court in favor of the defense), Baghdad Jim McDermott's oil-for-food connection, and Barney Frank's solicitation of a male prostitute, just to name a few. And don't forget the lack of major media coverage of Senator Harry Reid's questionable Nevada land deals.

The sad fact is that you pretty much can't throw a stick on either side of the political aisle without hitting some self-enriching political hack. But in the Post's eyes, the Democrats can do no wrong.