BREAKING: NRSC gets subpoenaed in Ensign affair case

By GottaLaff

Via an e-mail alert. I'm getting lots of those today.

Can an investigation of C Street be far behind?

The National Republican Senatorial Committee has been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury looking into the aftermath of Nevada Republican Sen. John Ensign’s extramarital affair with a staffer.

Via Politico. This is getting seriouser and seriouser. Paying people off is no laughing matter.

All my previous posts on this subject are here.

John Ensign Probe Heats Up

By GottaLaff

Again, apologies for the spotty posting. Paddy and I are both having cable issues that have kept us off line for long stretches of time.

Here's something to tide you over:

Jon Ralston emails: "Sources confirm that the Senate panel has begun issuing subpoenas for documents, including to key players in the case involving U.S. Sen. John Ensign's scandal. The committee appears to be trying to connect the dots between Doug Hampton's post-Ensign tenure and what role the senator played in getting him jobs that allowed the former chief-of-staff to contact the Senate office and what those contacts involved. You may recall that Hampton retained emails of many of those events. Hampton has alleged that Ensign helped him knowingly violate a cooling-off period."

The deeper they dig, the muddier and dirtier it gets.

VIDEO: "I want to be part of the RNC team!"

By GottaLaff

This is actually a little too embarrassing for my usual snark infested jabs. No, this one jumped the snark all on its own:

The RNC is hiring, and in their job application form, they have this field:

You may create a clip on YouTube of why you want to work at the RNC and cut/paste the URL in the box provided.

Since it's YouTube, these uploaded videos are very much public. I'm hoping this guy gets a job. Failing that, "Libby Liberal" ("interviewing" him) is pretty awesome too.

Will Laura Ingraham mock this guy's weight, too?

Need a few bucks?

By GottaLaff

Political Wire has a job board. Included are politically-oriented jobs (from poly-sci instructors to legislative assistants to artists) from nearly 10,000 different sources across the entire country.

Go here, get work, and then thank me by buying me a drink with all that new-found cash.