Good morning, Bill Hudak, aspiring Republican congressman in Massachusetts’s 6th congressional district. You awaken this morning to this news:

The wife of U.S. Rep. John Tierney (D-Salem) is scheduled to plead guilty today in federal court to preparing phony tax returns for her brother’s illegal gambling business, prosecutors said.
Patrice Tierney, 59, of Salem, is charged with four counts of aiding and abetting the filing of false federal tax returns, according to U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz.
Her brother, Robert Eremian, is a fugitive, according to Ortiz’s office. He was charged in August along with his older brother, Daniel, with operating an illegal gambling business out of Antigua.
Tierney faces up to 3 years in prison and one year of supervised release, and a fine of up to $100,000 on each of the four counts.
The congressman defended his wife last night, saying that she trusted her brother and agreed to look after his family when he moved overseas to conduct what she believed was a legitimate gaming business.

“Democrats don’t worry about taxes because they don’t pay them” might be a really useful slogan right about now.