FEC official who raised legal questions about McCain's campaign funds out of a job...

[cynatnite]

The Bush administration has sidelined a federal official who raised legal questions about whether John McCain, Republican senator, could raise private funds in his presidential bid.

The White House late on Tuesday nominated Donald McGahn, who once served as an attorney for former majority leader Tom DeLay, to replace David Mason, a fellow Republican, as the chairman of the Federal Election Commission.

Mr Mason raised hackles in some Republican circles early this year when, in response to a query by Mr McCain’s campaign, he questioned the legality of a decision by the campaign to withdraw from the public financing system during the Republican primary.

The move to replace Mr Mason drew scrutiny from Democrats and public advocates who yesterday accused the administration of throwing Mr Mason “under a bus” in order to protect the presumptive Republican nominee for the White House.

“President Bush’s dumping of Mason can only be viewed as a bald-faced and brazen attempt to wrongly manipulate an important enforcement decision by the nation’s campaign finance enforcement agency,” said Fred Wertheimer, president of Democracy 21, a non-profit group that tracks money in politics.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2027b2b4-1c5b-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1

[rocktivity]

1. Go, Johnny, go, go! ANOTHER campaign commercial in the can!

:woohoo:
rocknation

[Selatius]

2. Hopefully, McCain loses anyway in November. nt

[MadMaddie]

3. And he nominates a guy that worked for Tom Delay...nuff said.

Another corrupt person put in charge of something important.

[blondeatlast]

4. Four more years of no integrity whatsoever--for the love of God,

please let the Democrat win in November--otherwise, my husband's desire to move to Germany may come true (and right now I don't have any intention of going there).

Edit: recommended.