http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/02/5235.aspxFrom Elizabeth Wilner, Mark Murray, Huma Zaidi, and Jennifer Colby.Thirty-six days from election day...  Even as the "Congressman Mark Foley Matter," as GOP leaders have been calling it, puts a safe Republican seat in play and damages the party'sen-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/02/5235.aspx#5259Mon, 02 Oct 2006 15:00:30 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:5259Ross Armstrong, Reno, NevadaI would disagree with your analysis that the Nevada seat Bush is visiting in today is not too competitive. Jill Derby, the Democratic candidate, is only behind by 3 points(within the margin of error) according to latest poll. That seems to be pretty competitive, especially since the Republicans have a 50,000 registered voter edge in the district.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/02/5235.aspx#5279Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:12:14 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:5279David Elliott, Fresno, CAHi~ What did the GOP leadership know about Foley sending sexually explicit IM's to pages, and when did they know it? Who put together the info that was provided to the media & that broke the story? Was there an open secret in the House that Foley was a predator, and was that secret ignored by the House leadership? Why wasn't the Dem member of the Page oversight group not told about the allegations and why isn't Hastert meeting with that person now (instead of only the GOP rep.)? God Speed, http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/02/5235.aspx#5310Mon, 02 Oct 2006 23:50:27 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:5310Joe Gladden; White Bear Lake, MN Well, it appears that at least "some members" of the GOP leadership knew about Mr. Foley's penchant for younger men as far back as his aborted Senate run a few years back. So the powers that be knew they had to be careful not to let this cat out of the bag. As for who put together the story that broke into the media, my understanding is that the boy's parents brought the e-mails to the attention to Congressional staffers in an effort to stop Foley's sexual harassment. As for why Denny Hastert (a.k.a. BIGGUN) isn't meeting with that person to find out more??? Well..Hastert was probably eating, or napping or re-learning the words to the Star Spangled Banner and just didn't "Prioritize". http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/02/5235.aspx#5391Tue, 03 Oct 2006 15:46:09 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:5391Cyndi TeasI hope the misled republican voters realize the degree to which they have been manipulated by the republican machine. Many of them thought Roe v. Wade would have been overturned by now. What have your repulicans done for you lately? Oh yeah, they have hidden behind their values while covering for Foley.