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Marc Danngate: Crisis or Opportunity?
Ahhh nothing gets the attention of voters like a sex scandal. It looks like State AG Marc Dann has delivered one that comes with all of the requisite details that are needed to titillate (pun intended) those of us who are paying attention. The story of an elected official who likes to crusade against the machine during the day and party with his staff at night was a sure winner.
I gathered that Dann has always had detractors on both sides of the political isle and the steady stream of condemnations has shown that to be the case. They even penned this very important letter asking him to resign before he upsets the delicate balance the Dems have managed to maintain in statewide offices. I don't think anyone has defended the guy in the least but what would you expect from a state full of puritan wannabes. No, I'm not excusing his actions and yes I do think he has damaged the office of Attorney General and should step down. I think it should be done soon and a plan such as the one mentioned by Pho on Friday has legs. The sooner Dann is out and a new electable name is in all the better to salvage the office. It's the political equivalent of calling in the Wolf. The faster we put this behind us the faster we can stop giving sanctimonious republicans like the red gobbler-necked Bob Bennet a soap box to stand on.
One more thing I should mention. Marc Dann has garnered the moniker the "accidental AG" because he was a long shot to win the race against a better known opponent. That person was Betty Montgomery a one-time AG herself and State Auditor at the time of the election. Remember that Dann used her connection with Tom Noe to cast her in negative light and ride that negative tide against the Taft adminstration into office. This was the same Betty Montgomery that was the chief fiscal officer of the State and yet claimed to have no knowledge of an impending financial scandal of epic proportions at the Bureau of Worker's Comp. So maybe Dann winning the 2006 election wasn't all accident for some discerning voters. Let's make this right and deny the republican party an accidental way back into the AG's office.
I gathered that Dann has always had detractors on both sides of the political isle and the steady stream of condemnations has shown that to be the case. They even penned this very important letter asking him to resign before he upsets the delicate balance the Dems have managed to maintain in statewide offices. I don't think anyone has defended the guy in the least but what would you expect from a state full of puritan wannabes. No, I'm not excusing his actions and yes I do think he has damaged the office of Attorney General and should step down. I think it should be done soon and a plan such as the one mentioned by Pho on Friday has legs. The sooner Dann is out and a new electable name is in all the better to salvage the office. It's the political equivalent of calling in the Wolf. The faster we put this behind us the faster we can stop giving sanctimonious republicans like the red gobbler-necked Bob Bennet a soap box to stand on.
One more thing I should mention. Marc Dann has garnered the moniker the "accidental AG" because he was a long shot to win the race against a better known opponent. That person was Betty Montgomery a one-time AG herself and State Auditor at the time of the election. Remember that Dann used her connection with Tom Noe to cast her in negative light and ride that negative tide against the Taft adminstration into office. This was the same Betty Montgomery that was the chief fiscal officer of the State and yet claimed to have no knowledge of an impending financial scandal of epic proportions at the Bureau of Worker's Comp. So maybe Dann winning the 2006 election wasn't all accident for some discerning voters. Let's make this right and deny the republican party an accidental way back into the AG's office.
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