[Speed Gibson,
Sunday March 30, 2008 at 10:21pm]
She's in Big Trouble ... right?
Several have commented, some with understandable glee, about the fine mess our Attorney General has gotten herself into. For the Office of the Legislative Auditor is on the case whose sterling reputation the DFL dares not challenge. If the OLA report comes out as we think it should, she's in big trouble, right?
She would be if she were a Republican, for enough Republican votes would be there for impeachment if necessary. But she's a Democrat, a very liberal Democrat at that. And being a liberal means never having to say you're sorry.
Short of any finding of a major felony, she'll be given a slap on the wrist at best. She will "welcome" the assessment and promise departmental changes to address the points raised. Party insiders will coach her on how to properly deal with them, something a truly qualified AG candidate should already know.
Barring something unexpected like embezzlement, she is very, very safe.
She would be if she were a Republican, for enough Republican votes would be there for impeachment if necessary. But she's a Democrat, a very liberal Democrat at that. And being a liberal means never having to say you're sorry.
Short of any finding of a major felony, she'll be given a slap on the wrist at best. She will "welcome" the assessment and promise departmental changes to address the points raised. Party insiders will coach her on how to properly deal with them, something a truly qualified AG candidate should already know.
Barring something unexpected like embezzlement, she is very, very safe.