A very interesting name pops up on the management and strategy team for Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s (R-MN) new political action committee, which is widely seen as a preliminary step for a presidential campaign: Sara Taylor, a former top aide to Karl Rove, who resigned her position during the U.S. Attorney scandal.
Taylor’s testimony during the U.S. Attorney hearings sure was interesting. When confronted with the fact that she’d conducted official government business through a private RNC e-mail account, she explained that it was more “efficient” than using both the RNC e-mail and the government e-mail. In addition, Taylor refused to answer many questions, citing executive privilege, and for other questions said she couldn’t recall the answers:”I can’t remember what I had for breakfast last week.”
But her single most famous moment was when Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT) caught Taylor saying she made an oath to the President — as opposed to saying she made an oath to the Constitution:
