Beltway currency

From today's Wall Street Journal politics blog --

House Government Reform Committee finds 500 contacts between members of since-disgraced lobbyist Abramoff’s team and Bush aides over three years. An email shows one offering White House strategist Ken Mehlman, now national Republican chairman, two tickets to a sold-out U2 concert.

The administration has distanced Bush from Abramoff. But the report documents instances in which White House officials may have helped him. In another email, lobbying partner Tony Rudy tells Abramoff that “Mehlman said he would ‘take care of’ ” a funding request. An RNC spokeswoman called it “not unusual” for Mehlman to talk to supporters interested in policy while working at the White House.

UPDATE: Mehlman at U2 was one rock star seeing others, apparently.