This gambit has now been neatly scuppered, thanks to Senator John Cornyn’s (R, TX) getting Attorney General Holder on the record about this, once and for all.

See more here: the relevant portion of that video is where Cornyn makes Holder admit the differences mentioned above – and, more importantly, deny that he (and, by implication, the government) wanted to equate the two operations. I know that Sen. Cornyn may not be on every conservative activist’s Christmas Card list, but getting Holder on the record like this makes a lot of our lives easier: from this moment on, trying to play Bush-did-it on F&F/OWR puts the person trying that particular spin in direct opposition to sworn government testimony under oath. That’s very useful, and Cornyn should be commended for getting that right for us.

Moe Lane (crosspost)

And yet, the unemployed veteran — who never did any formal campaigning — has been the most covered candidate of any running for office this cycle.

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And to the extent that voters are not aware of how odd both he and his campaign truly are, the impression can be left that it is a high-profile Democrat (not some mysterious eccentric) whose skeletons are being dragged out of the closet.

Bolding mine, in both places.  It’s one or the other, HuffPo.  You can’t complain about Alvin Greene being the subject of massive media attention and then pretend that the voters aren’t then going to be aware of the… unique nature… of who Sen Cornyn’s talking about.  OK, fine, you can, but it just won’t work.

Unfair?  Since when did the Huffington Post care about fairness?  As I like to say: Karma.  It’s what’s for dinner.

Moe Lane

Sen. John Cornyn is worried that Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is going to retire early this fall to run for Governor, but I’m missing the problem here (via Political Wire):

“My guess,” he told Texas reporters at his Senate office today, is that Hutchison will resign “this fall sometime.”

That would allow Perry to appoint an interim senator and allow a special election to take place in May 2010 instead of this November (which would happen if she resigned this spring or summer).

It seems pretty simple:

• Hutchison resigns.
• Governor Perry appoints Texas Railroad Commissioner* Michael Williams to be interim Senator.
• Williams wins the special election.

Come on, Senator Cornyn. This isn’t exactly rocket science.

Moe Lane

*An elected position in Texas that actually oversees energy issues (gotta love agenda drift, huh?); Michael Williams has been elected to the position three times, and there are Republicans all over Texas who are jumping up and down at the prospect of getting to vote for him for Senator.  Here’s some footage of him from the last convention:

…and from the Texas Convention:

Crossposted to RedState.