"Since mid-2008, the Federal Election Commission has epitomized political gridlock. Crackdowns by the bipartisan FEC have plummeted. Now, the advocacy group Public Citizen is plotting a 'full court press,' demanding that President Obama begin to fix the FEC by ditching its Republican ringleader, Donald McGahn.
Public Citizen's pressure comes at a pivotal moment for the agency. In April, five of the commission's six members will be working as holdovers up for replacement, their official six-year terms expired. Craig Holman, a lobbyist for Public Citizen, says his organization will push for Obama to replace those holdovers with picks of his own. 'President Obama is not putting any effort into fixing the FEC,' Holman says.
Obama should start, Holman says, by dumping McGahn, the shaggy-haired, guitar-playing commissioner whose official term expired nearly two years ago. (McGahn did not respond to a request for comment.)"
Can you imagine anything worse than a "shaggy-haired, guitar-playing" Republican FEC commissioner? Poor Mother Jones.
