... same as the old boss:

For now, it appears that the problem is less with Pelosi’s [conflict of interest] disclosure on this particular earmark and more with the state of earmark reform in general. The Democrats swept into power making a lot of noise about cleaning up the “culture of corruption” in Washington. Earmark reform was a big part of their stated agenda. First, they put a “moratorium on earmarks” until new rules governing them could be put into place. Then the House passed new earmark-disclosure requirements

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But that’s where Democrats left it. The House rules apply only to the House. The Senate lumped earmark reform into its ethics and lobbying bill, which is now languishing in conference and has yet to take effect. Nevertheless, the Democrats must think these half-measures constitute thorough earmark reform, because the moratorium is long gone. The Water Resources Development Bill contains, along with Pelosi’s earmark, more than 800 others. Perhaps the most egregious is a provision to add sand to a California beach famous for its annual sandcastle competition.

Last year, everyone was talking about how it took Democrats some forty years of legislative control before they were so rotten Terminex men had become a real threat, while it took the Republicans a little more than a decade to do the same. It seems the Democrats are now returning the favor, abandoning their "changed, and better" principals orders of magnitude faster than their elephantine predecessors.

The silence coming from the left side of the peanut gallery is quite deafening.

Via (and title shamelessly stolen from) Instapundit.