Are Democrats serious about cleaning up Congress?

... Well not if you believe the Liberal New York Times newspaper. According to the paper, in a move that seems as strangely familiar as Nick Anderson's cartoon above, Democrats are not serious at all as they consider their mission of winning Congress (with doubts of effective governance, at least on issues of ethics) the Democratic version of "Mission acomplished". They are Split on How Far to Go With Ethics Law. It is a shame that barely a week had gone by, after Democrats won the majority in Congress with their House Leader, Nancy Pelosi, promising us “the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history”, that they are all ready to break the promise. Many of their leaders are already balking at the idea of making major changes needed to reform Congress. Some of these Democrats are even brazen enough to suggest that real ethical problems were because of Republicans and not the current ethics rules, while concluding that the election had alleviated the need for additional regulations -- as if they did not hear the voters. Oh well. I must confess that I did not expect this political amnesia to set in so soon for Democrats before they officially take over in January, but then again ... .