Foley Fiasco: whose fault?

It's probably safe to say that the Democratic view of the Foley Fiasco is that it is not about homosexuatity, but about inept and dishonest Republican leadership. Needless to say, the Republican take is more nuanced. In fact, there are several explanations voiced in the last week by Republicans.

1. Bill Clinton is responsible (Clinton must be the single most influential ex-prez in our history).

2. The Dastardly Democrats failed to let the House leadership know what was going on in their House until it was too late!

3. The pages did it as a prank to entrap Foley.

And now we have a new one, as reported by John Fund in The Wall Steet Journal. The congressioinal staff system is responsible. There's simply too many of them, and they are unelected, and have their own agendas, and keep their elected bosses in the dark, and tied up in a broom closet while they run Congress. Ooops. I made that last part up. Sorry.

But it does bring up an interesting question: are Republicans like Danny Hastert capable of managing their own staffs? If Fund is right, than no.

Anyone else remember the Battle of Balls Bluff?