Republicans celebrate new PSC Commissioner, McComb Mayor

Republicans are having a good day. Majority in Mississippi posts that the GOP has two new officials elected this week (new mayor and selectman in McComb), plus a new Public Service Commissioner who is a former Democratic legislator and won his PSC in 2007 and will run next year as a Republican. PSC Commissioner Lynn Posey's switch is huge for the GOP.

Democrats want to discuss Scruggs, Langston, DAGA money and Jim Hood

Louisiana Democrats are upset because Haley Barbour's PAC contributed $5000 to Louisiana Senator David Vitter's PAC. Later on, Chip Pickering's PAC contributed $5000 to Haley Pickering's PAC. The Democrats claim this was Pickering trying to secretly give to Vitter.

The problem with this is the FEC, which governs these issues, has a long standing "first in - first out" rule which means the contribution from Barbour actually represents money given to him maybe months or years ago. One day Barbour will certainly spend or contribute that Pickering money, but it wasn't that day, and it won't be tomorrow.

But here is where it gets good. The Mississippi Democrats decided to jump on and try to play politics on this issue.

Mississippi Democrats do not have clean hands when it comes to campaign finance issues, as Majority In Mississippi helpfully reminded us. They asked, "Do Democrats Really Want To Talk About Campaign Contributions?" describing the allegation that now convicted felons Dickie Scruggs and Joey Langston funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars through the Democratic Attorneys General Association to Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood in 2007.

Now the Mississippi Democrats have responded, "Yes, we want the conversation on campaign finance" and said "two attorneys making donations to the Democratic Attorneys General Association, which then in turn donated money to Attorney Jim Hood’s re-election campaign in 2007...in no way violated any campaign finance laws."

So now, let's discuss.

Let's recall this post by Y'all Politics which points out that the hundreds of thousands of dollars involved in the allegation involving Dickie Scruggs, Joey Langston, and DAGA came within 90 days of Attorney General Jim Hood sending his letter listing Scruggs as a "confidential informant" and asking that to be taken into consideration in a criminal contempt investigation against Scruggs. To which Alan Lange says:

Let’s pretend that we are a “confidential informant” in an investigation. Does it make sense that we, in a middle of an investigation, would funnel A HUGE AMOUNT of money to the prosecutor in that case? This doesn’t pass the straight face test.

Let’s pretend we are now the “prosecutor” - Jim Hood. Would a prosecutor under normal circumstances accept $400K of money that you know has come from “confidential informants” funnelled through a shell 527 group?

MEMO to Mississippi Democrats, this issue goes much further than campaign finance laws. Let's discuss some more.

When Bush spoke to schools, Dems ordered investigation, hearings

Excuse us if we show little pitty to Democrats who whine and sob about how President Obama is being treated unfairly and how those big, bad parents object to his speech to school children.

Memo to Democrats: This is the big league. Step up.

As Majority in Mississippi points out today, when President George H.W. Bush spoke to school children in 1991, Democrats in Congress ordered an investigation and held Congressional hearings on the event.

So if Democrats have any complaint, it should be that Republicans are playing too nice with the President.

Mississippi Democrats: Sore Losers and Hypocrites

Wonderful posts from Majority In Mississippi, so great we wish we had written them, but likely more tasteful than we would have been, too.

First, Majority posts on Sore Loser Jamie Franks who thinks the 59% of Mississippians who rejected him as lieutenant governor in 2007 now want to hear from him on how that office is being run: Jamie Franks=Sore Loser

Then there is this great post on the Democrats' instant hypocrisy within in one email. The explanation of which is obvious in the title: Democrats Try To Raise Money By Bashing Barbour For Raising Money

Well played, Majority in Mississippi, well played.