That Cheeky John McCain

dday is right to praise Governor Dean for supplying such a solid frame for the Progressive communities response to the NYT and others revealing St. John's interesting relationship with one particularly young and attractive lobbyist named Vicki Iseman. Truly the issue of an affair matters little for me yet his relationships with just the corporate lobbyists making up much of his team is relevant. Straight Talker and Maverick my rear end! He's looking more like a cheeky charlatan as of late.

Michael D. Shear and Jeffrey H. Birnbaum of the WaPo provide much more on St. John in their The Anti-Lobbyist, Advised by Lobbyists. Jeremy Lott of The Guardian likewise takes a good look at the way St. John seemingly outdoes The Gipper on the teflon. It's about time this Free Ride ended. And I might as well mention that St. John's team demonstrated a talent for handling the media even dating back to when the Mrs. was caught stealing opiates from her charities. And he wants to ramp up the "War on Drugs"?

I'm ready to fight back when the GOP starts working the Wurlitzer like they did with John Kerry. He and his weren't assertive enough back in 2004 and I like the idea of taking the fight to St. John. He's supposed to be strong on ethics and the like. Hit him where he's allegedly strong! Stay on offense! I'm hardly thrilled with either Hillary or Obama but another four years of the GOP in the White House will make it even tougher to recover from the last three decades of Republican and Republican Lite (Slick Willy) control of the Executive branch. John Gunn

UPDATE ~ Evening of March 8, 2008 - The Other Side of the McCain Lobbyist Scandal by Jerold M. Starr sheds even more light onto St. John's actions on behalf of Mr. Paxson. Again, it's not which blonde (among Cindy or Vicki or ...) was in his life.