Former US Attorney Tim Griffin (Karl Rove protege) Mulls Senate Bid

[sabra]

Source: AP

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Tim Griffin, who resigned his post as interim U.S. attorney in Little Rock after serving six months under scrutiny, says he's thinking about running against U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln in 2010.

Griffin told The Associated Press on Monday that he hopes to make a decision by early or mid-summer on whether to run against Lincoln, a Democrat seeking her third term in the Senate.

"I am certainly thinking about it," Griffin said. "I'm going to spend some time going around the state and talking to folks and getting an idea of the interest level. ... I'm going to try and hit all 75 counties as soon as possible and I know that's a tall order trying to hit all of those in the next few months"

Griffin, a former aide to ex-presidential adviser Karl Rove, was appointed as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas after Bud Cummins resigned his post. Cummins later said he was forced out by the U.S. Department of Justice, and his firing was one of several that prompted a congressional inquiry of the dismissals.

Read more: http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article.aspx?aID=110858.54928.123000

[diane in sf]

1. I'll spend money to keep this schmuck out of office. He'll be working all his vote

stealing tactics he learned at rove's knee.

[annabanana]

2. He lied to Congress

Are there ANY penalties attached to a Contempt of Congress charge?

[xxqqqzme]

4. is that a picture of timmy?

I knew little rat f*ckers like him when I was 12. I bet he had fat dimples on his knuckles - hell, I bet he still has them.

[annabanana]

5. Straight from my "liars" folder!. . . . .

(Looks a little like Frank Burns, doesn't he?)

[No Elephants]

7. LOL, so do most babies. What the heck is wrong with dimpled knees?

[Javaman]

3. he won't even make it out the door once it's out that he was the teachers pet of rover. nt

[No Elephants]

6. And stuff like this is why we need to make monthly donations to

the Democratic Party.

[Solly Mack]

8. snicker

[Judi Lynn]

9. What a Republican. He was involved in voter caging. He's a real right-wing hero.

Sure hope people in Arkansas will never be stupid enough to vote for this clown.

http://www.bradblog.com.nyud.net:8090/Images/TimGriffin_KarlRove_CagingCloning.jpg
Tim Griffin 'Vote Caging' Efforts Confirmed by Two Three Independent Reports

BRAD BLOG readers will recall Greg Palast's exclusive here which followed on Monica Goodling's admissions in Congressional testimony concerning Tim Griffin's vote caging. As well, you may also recall an attack on Palast's reporting by DailyKos diarist "drational," in which he described Palast's reporting as "dangerous." Subsequently, Palast responded to those challenges here.

Well, the pseudonymous "drational" has now followed up with an excellent analysis of the caging lists which shores up the bulk of Palast's claims and reporting (even if he can't help but take a few more inappropriate and unhelpful shots at the guy who broke the story in the first place, and kept banging on it for two and a half years until Mr. "Drat" finally found the time to investigate the charges).

"Drational" posted a follow-up today on the RNC's "Widespread Caging in 2004" (in FL, OH, NV, WA, and OR, all crucial battlegrounds) and names names of high-level Bush/Cheney officials and others who seem to have been involved in some way.

Yesterday's "drational" posting was based, in no small part, on a detailed analysis researched and published by the good folks at ePluribus Media.

Also yesterday, Spencer Ackerman at TPM Muckraker posted a similar independent analysis of the Tim Griffin caging lists. His findings, as well, "strengthened allegations that Griffin, working for the Republican National Committee, was involved in an effort to target African-American voters."

All four posts mentioned are worth reading in full, with a reminder that we quoted a bit more from TPM Muck in Alan Breslauer's posting here yesterday of Tim Griffin's recent denial video in which he strains credulity by claiming he didn't even know what caging was, and had to look it up in a dictionary.

Nice try, Tim. In the meantime, any broadcast news outlets ready to run the story yet? Or will they wait until after it happens again, say, in 2008 or so?

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[Thor_MN]

10. We need to put Rove on a diet until he is small enough to drown in a bathtub.