Ensign Scandal Provides Fodder for Partisans

• By John Stanton
• Roll Call Staff
• Oct. 6, 2009, Midnight

Democratic political operatives on Monday sought to exploit Sen. John Ensign’s (R-Nev.) ethics woes as fresh questions surfaced over whether the Justice Department would launch a probe into allegations that he helped the husband of his former mistress secure a lucrative lobbying job.