Robert Stacy McCain
The Other McCain
12/15/2010
Wisconsin Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus was, until tonight, a contender to replace Michael Steele as chairman for the Republican National Committee. But Priebus’s evident involvement in soliciting federal stimulus funds for his law firm’s clients emerged Tuesday as a scandal that will likely destroy whatever chance he had, as Dan Riehl explains at Big Government:
Reince Priebus is currently being touted as a front-runner to replace current RNC Chair Michael Steele. But Priebus’ leading role among a select group of high-powered Wisconsin attorneys targeting clients to assist them in maximizing stimulus dollars, at the same time the anti-stimulus RNC employed him as interim general counsel, raises some troubling questions, not just for Preibus, but for the Republican Party as a whole.
Go read the whole thing, including Dan’s links indicating that Priebus attempted to flush the evidence down the Internet memory hole. In fact, when contacted by Tim Mak of Frum Forum, Priebus denied working on the “Stimulus Legislation Team” at his Milwaukee firm, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP — but Mak produces abundant evidence contradicting that denial.
Read the rest at The Other McCain.
Jim Hoft has more at GatewayPundit, RNC Candidate’s Firm Worked to Secure Obama Stimulus Funds for Clients:
…There is much more at Big Government.
Priebus is currently leading the field of candidates vying for the RNC Chair position.
The Obama stimulus supporter is ahead of Obamacare lobbyist Maria Cino.And, that is just one reason why I am supporting conservative “West Point Mom” Ann Wagner from Missouri.
