If you don’t believe Dean when he explains that the Abramoff scandal is a Republican scandal, than perhaps we should turn to the National Review’s Rich Lowry on the subject:

The GOP now craves such bipartisan cover in the Jack Abramoff scandal. Republicans trumpet every Democratic connection to Abramoff in the hope that something resonates. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.), took more than $60,000 from Abramoff clients! North Dakota Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan used Abramoff’s skybox! It is true that any Washington influence peddler is going to spread cash and favors as widely as possible, and 210 members of Congress have received Abramoff-connected dollars. But this is, in its essence, a Republican scandal, and any attempt to portray it otherwise is a misdirection.

Thanks, Rich! Of course, that doesn’t mean they’re going to stop trying to pawn this off, but it does mean they’re probably going to fail.