Yesterday's Leftovers For 3/30/10: The RNC Nightclub Blame Game Continues
Already, we have seen the first officially axed person from the aftermath of a very embarrassing day for the RNC yesterday (and a great day for The Daily Caller):
But despite all of this, Dave Weigel thinks Michael Steele will won't join that staffer on the unemployment line:
If so, we will all be thankful that the Michael Steele era continues.
A Republican National Committee staffer who went to a risque Hollywood nightclub with party donors and then expensed the tab has been fired, RNC Chief-of-Staff Ken McKay said in an internal memo sent to committee members late Monday and obtained by CNN.
McKay said an investigation into how the RNC ended up financing a nearly $2,000 outing at Voyeur - a trendy Los Angeles club where topless dancers can be seen mimicking sex acts - determined that a group of young donors went to the club after attending a Young Eagles event in Los Angeles in February.
The Young Eagles program is an RNC effort to cultivate up-and-coming donors in their 30s and 40s. One of the donors in the group that night was Erik Brown, a GOP consultant from Orange County, who ultimately picked up the tab at the club.
But despite all of this, Dave Weigel thinks Michael Steele will won't join that staffer on the unemployment line:
If so, we will all be thankful that the Michael Steele era continues.
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