On a table near the desk of the speaker of the House, nine bears sit in a wooden rowboat, eight with oars and one in charge. But the boat can't move unless the oars all row in the same direction. That's why House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) bought it. Denny Hastert was an unlikely... -
Hastert's Team Mentality to Be Tested as Foley Scandal Unfolds
On a table near the desk of the speaker of the House, nine bears sit in a wooden rowboat, eight with oars and one in charge. But the boat can't move unless the oars all row in the same direction. That's why House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) bought it. Denny Hastert was an unlikely...-
By Michael Grunwald and Jim VandeHei