Friday, February 13, 2009

The Gregg Thing

Tom Daschle? Who's that? Dept.
So a day after the BIG SURPRISE withdrawal, the mainstream media seems to be obsessed as usual with the Republican talking points. But it turns out, there's this little Abramoff connection that, if nothing else, says he's out of a job at re-election time anyway.
I'm not gonna try to pin this down by finding a link, but here it is if you want to look yourself.
Denegre at Kos is highly respected, BTW.
So, without further ado, this TPM comment:

I think Gregg thought he could monkey-wrench the 2010 Census, ala Tom Delay and crew. When that got preempteviley yanked form his clutches, and two of his top aides where implicated int eh Abramoff scandal within the past week, he realized the noose is tighetning. As dengre pointed out yesterday over on Daily Kos, It turns out that Gregg's office was Abramoff central in 2002 to 2004. Kevin Koonce was not the only Abramoff connected staffer of Gregg's payroll. There was also John Mashburn, a former Team Abramoff lobbyist and others. Money from Abramoff moved through Gregg's office to the NH Republican Party. Allegations have been made that some of these funds were used for jamming Democratic GOTV phone lines on Election Day and other dirty tricks.
The court documents that identify "Staffer F" also make it clear that the Senator he worked for was helping Abramoff.
As the investigation heats up I am not surprised to see Gregg bow out. I am also glad that he will not bring his Abramoff tainted record into the White House.
It should be noted, however, that the Obama team didn't do a very good job of vetting this guy. Daschle indeed.

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