Few blogs that cover blogging, politics or the media are missing out on covering the Foley scandal that continues to snowball. Mark Foley's name is still among the top Technorati searches a full week after the story broke. The number of posts have dipped from the peak of around 8,000 on October 5th, but there are still between 2,000 and 3,000 posts containing the keyword "Foley" being posted each day. The story has grown from the intial news about Congressman Mark Foley's emails and IMs with a page to the GOP's efforts to coverup the scandal. Here are some more highlights from the blogosphere.
The Blogophile column from CBS News calls the Foley Scandal a perfect blogstorm.
Spectator: "'With a story like this that sucks the energy out of the base, your concern is that it doesn't keep snowballing, from one man [Foley] to others," says a former RNC staffer. "What I'm worried about isn't just Foley. I'm worried about the stories the Democratic machine is going to be churning out for the next four weeks.'"
The new Time cover shows the rear end of an Elephant.
Abhorrent I-mails: Roscoe Bartlett (R - MD) has his emails and IMs crossed. Wonkette reports that Bartlett called the emails and IMs between Foley and the page "abhorrent I-mail messages."
Ralph E. Hanson has posted a wide range of media stories about the Foley scandal. (via Fishbowl DC)
Capitol Hill Blue reports that Rep. Jim Kolbe knew in 2000: "Rep. Jim Kolbe, the only openly-gay Republican member of Congress, knew about Rep. Mark Foley's sexually-explicit emails to young male pages at least six years ago and told the now former Congressman to cut it out."
Media Cynic: "Leaving Hastert in power is a political gamble which is doomed to failure. Hastert coached high school boys' wrestling and has campaigned to stop cyber-predators from using the Internet to prey on children. He absolutely knows what it means when a 52 year-old man asks an boy to 'send him a picture.'"
Media Matters says James Dobson thinks it was a prank by pages. More from Media Matters on the scandal can be found here.
MSNBC.com reports that there were rumors on blogs that Foley was gay days and months before the emails and IMs were published by ABC News.
WROC TV says bloggers are fueled the Foley scandal.
What will this mean for Speaker Hastert's DOPA idea?
Some bloggers are talking about Pink Elephants now that the New York Times has mentioned them.
Unclaimed Territory asks does the Foley scandal prove the existence of God? "The Foley scandal is so perfectly tailored -- one could even say artistically designed -- to expose every character flaw of this country's Republican leaders (and their followers), and it has evolved so flawlessly (like the most brilliantly coordinated symphony), that one is almost inclined to believe that it was divinely inspired."
A lot of bloggers are linking to this story indicating a possible 50 seat GOP loss in the house thanks to Dennis Hastert's decision to not resign as Speaker. Andrew Sullivan writes, "The base of the GOP has been fed homophobia and gay-baiting for years now. It was partly how Rove won Ohio and the presidency. Gay-hating is integral to their machine. Now, the very homophobia these people stoked and used is suddenly turning back on them."
Pirate's Cove says if the Dems win they will push an ultra-left agenda. "Put simply, they will attempt to push their ultra-Left agenda, as we well know it. They will push tax increases, expanded social programs, taking God out of everything (in violation of the First Amendment), gay marriage, abortion rights, etc. You know the drill."
Alec Baldwin on embarrassed Republicans: "Sad to think that it took the Foley situation to get the 'Embarrassed Republicans' to start voicing their embarrassment. Nearly six years of lies, incompetence, lies, hate, lies, corruption, lies and war. Misguided, meaningless war that has destroyed the landscape of Iraq and the souls of the Iraqi people. And what has the war done for us, other than line the pockets of Bush, and his father's friends?"
Nola.com reports that the Louisiana teenager who received the suggestive emails has been threatened by some bloggers.
Vacancy notice already posted on Foley's House website. The Huffington Post says MarkFoley.com has also been removed.
BlogPulse reports that politicos are realizing the Foley scandal is not fading away.
Hotline reports that conservative voters may be more upset by the fact that Bush may pocket-veto the Secure Fence Act than by the Foley scandal. Michelle Malkin is also blogging a possible pocket-veto. The Bush administration is also facing fallout from the Woodward bombshell.
A former page says he had sex with Foley when he was 21.
The Huffington Post says Drudge is playing the victim card.
BlogPulse.com: "Maybe the runup-to-the-election question isn't which party can best protect Americans from terrorists...but which party can best protect Americans from its own Congress?"
Wrong Party: GoogTube also has a video from Fox News incorrectly labeling Foley as a Democrat. Boing Boing has a screen grab of Fox News calling Foley a Democrat. Brad Blog has more on Fox's "innocent mistake."
A blog post from the St. Petersburg Times explains the order of events related to their coverage of Rep. Mark Foley and his email exchanges with teenagers he met through the congressional page program.
The politician truth predictor software that Google's Schmidt is talking about could be very helpful for situations like this Foley scandal.
Few blogs that cover blogging, politics or the media are missing out on covering the Foley scandal that continues to snowball. Mark Foley's name is still among the top Technorati searches a full week after the story broke. The number of posts have dipped from the peak of around 8,000 on October 5th, but there are still between 2,000 and 3,000 posts containing the keyword "Foley" being posted each day. The story has grown from the 
