President Obama named campaign Deputy Finance Chair David Jacobson to be Ambassador to Canada. The announcement omits any reference to his position on the campaign, notwithstanding that numerous other releases for administration appointments routinely include appointees’ campaign positions. For example, this release refers to one appointee’s work as an Obama campaign Press Wrangler.
We all know the case against Sen. Ted Stevens was dropped. Now, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that he will seek release of two former Alaska officeholders who had been convicted in 2007 (and were serving time in prison) due to the same concerns that led him to drop the case against Sen. Ted Stevens. […]
The Times discusses the latest developments in the PMA Group story in this editorial. The list of PMA’s pals is topped by Mr. Visclosky, Representative John Murtha, the powerful defense appropriations subcommittee chairman, and Representative James Moran. But it doesn’t stop there. Since 1998, PMA doled out more than $40 million in donations to members […]