The editors of the Philadelphia Inquirer today ask ("Weldon Remains the Best Choice"): "How does a Delaware County congressman facing reelection get voters to look beyond his inexcusably tardy attention to a matter that appeared [sic] to be an ethical lapse?"

Good question.

The congressman in question is Rep. Curt Weldon, the Republican representing Pennsylvania's seventh congressional district, and it relates to clear evidence Rep. Weldon, in the editors own words, "actively promoted the interests of foreign businessmen who retained his daughter's company for lucrative fees."

Bad answer.

The answer the editors offer this lame, after-the-fact excuse on Rep. Weldon's behalf: "After the ethics flap, he directed that there be no contact between his office and any interests that hire his daughter's public-relations firm. Weldon, 57, now agrees on the need to avoid even a perception that his extensive good works as an emissary abroad are being co-opted."

Worse, the editors of the Inquirer seem oblivious to the congressman's nefarious interference in American foreign policy, characterizing his "repeated trips to Russia" as that of an "envoy for international cooperation." The State Department thinks otherwise.

Voters in the seventh district have a better choice: Paul Scoles (D). Let's hope they make it.

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