PMartin I think you misunderstood what I was getting at. The way I see it, the dems are fighting hard to expose corruption in an attempt to get the power back. Once this happens (not written in stone, but likely) the republicans will definately follow suit and do what they can to dethrone the dems. Remember Clinton??? It's how politics works (besides the money part of it). The republicans aren't going out of their way to expose corruption at this point, they'll use that tactic when they are the underdogs. The recent dem exposed for corruption was a catalyst for them to enforce laws that protect them under special circumstances from being searched, whether by warrant or not.

The real issue here is not that a Democrat was finally busted for doing what almost all politicians do, but that the FBI searched his house and office, which is a violation of the separation of powers, why do you think the republicans are coming to his defense??