There’s a guy by the name of Larry Householder, seriously, who is the Speaker of the House in Ohio and a pretty powerful damn big deal in the state.

He’s a Republican and you can pretty much tell that by looking.

Well, it turns out that ole Larry is a greedy man, which is Section 2(b) of the Republican oath. Hey, lying hypocrite took up all of Section 1.

Early this morning Larry and some of his friends were arrested by federal officers in a $60 million bribery case.

Also arrested, according to the source: Neil Clark from Grant Street Consultants in Columbus; former Ohio Republican Party chair and consultant Matthew Borges; Juan Cespedes, co-founder of The Oxley Group in Columbus; and Jeffrey Longstreth, adviser to Householder.

The Oxley Group is in the business of lobbying, as is Grant Street Consultants.

The Republican Party in Ohio has just been gutted right here before election time. I’m betting that odds are pretty good that Bob Barr didn’t know about this.

Thanks to Steve for the heads up.