Oops!

A former top aide to California Republican Rep. John Doolittle traveled to Puerto Rico on a trip paid for by Jack Abramoff's lobbying firm, records show. 

Looks like the Abramoff probe is inching closer to one of my favorite Republicans, John Doolittle.  Having lived with two of his staffers, I can tell you that the man's policies are to the left of Vlad the Impaler.  Of course, there's more:

The trip is the latest example of connections between Abramoff's interests and Doolittle, a conservative ally of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, and a member of the House GOP leadership. Those ties have caught the attention of federal investigators.

Doolittle accepted at least $14,000 in campaign money from Abramoff and tens of thousands of dollars more from Abramoff's tribal clients, and wrote letters to the Interior Department on behalf of two tribes that were clients of Abramoff's firm.

Doolittle's wife did fundraising work for Abramoff, and another former Doolittle aide, Kevin Ring, later went to work for Abramoff as a lobbyist.

The reporter on this has been out front on the Doolittle-Abramoff connection for some time.  I can't wait to see where this goes next.