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Interestingly, when I summarized the hot political topics of the day a week ago, I did not think of the Abramoff capaign donation and bribery affair. Since I'm a courts guy and it was already late, this was not too surprising. OK, now the Alito hearings are over, the Democrats made their point, and Alito seems to be destined for confirmation. So bad for the Democrats, who haven't been able to score major points. What to do? Change the topic of the day to something more favorable -- the Washington Post has more. All students of American politics should be drooling over such developments.