We've Got Another One

Monica Goodling admitting that she accidentally used political affiliation as a factor in hiring at the Justice Department, but she "didn't mean to," might be an alibi that Lurita Doan could use.

“An Office of Special Counsel report has found that General Services Administration chief Lurita Doan violated the Hatch Act, which bars federal officials from partisan political activity while on the job, sources say.”

The report addresses a Jan. 26 lunch meeting at GSA headquarters attended by Doan and about 40 political appointees, some of whom participated by videoconference. During the meeting, Scott Jennings, the White House deputy director of political affairs, gave a PowerPoint presentation that included slides listing Democratic and Republican seats the White House viewed as vulnerable in 2008, a map of contested Senate seats and other information on 2008 election strategy.

According to meeting participants, Doan asked after the call how GSA could help “our candidates.”

By the way, we learned from this report how the Office of Special Counsel works. You might remember that they're supposedly investigating Karl Rove, and that this GSA meeting is part of the investigation. So the OSC writes a report for the President that includes RECOMMENDATIONS on the proper course of action for violating the law, including termination. Then it's up to the President to carry them out.

How do you think that'll go?

And should they just stop the Rove investigation now?

Read this, too, where Doan claims that she doesn't care about polls or politics and then reveals that she contributed a quarter of a million dollars to Republican candidates and organizations.