It seems like the Marc Dann scandal in Ohio is reaching almost Larry Craigian proportions — at least in terms of the near universal sentiment with his party (he’s a Dem) that he needs to leave and never be heard from again. Dann, you’ll remember, is the new Attorney General who came in in 2006 and is accused of more or less running the AG’s office like the fraternity house in Animal House. Now the state’s Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland and, from what I can tell, almost every other Democratic officeholder of note have signed a letter calling for Dann to resign or have state Dems introduce a House resolution to have him impeached.
Dann for his part says he’s stickin’. “I am in the office, have rolled up my sleeves and am working on behalf of the people of the state of Ohio,” he responded.
As a rule, TPM does not endorse candidates. But in this case, as Editor & Publisher of TPM and TPMmuckraker, I’m considering endorsing Dann’s decision to stay in office at least for a few weeks so that we have enough time to dig into this story and wrench as much schadenfreude from it as possible.
