Seals on the Red to Blue List
Reports of his demise from this list were greatly exaggerated.
DCCC named him to the first group of challengers in Red-To-Blue
It’s a pretty impressive list and Dan is one of the top candidates on that list with Kay Barnes, Eric Massa, Christine Jennings, and Darcy Burner.
On the other hand, the NRCC announced:
In an update on its internal review of the accounting irregularities that were revealed in late January, the NRCC said the funneling dates back to 2004 and that the situation means its cash on hand in its most recent financial report is actually $740,000 less than it initially reported.
The NRCC also says Ward, who was the committee’s treasurer from 2003 to 2007, submitted “bogus audit reports” for all five years between 2002-2006. The last year the committee had a full audit was 2001.
Ward was fired as an NRCC consultant when the irregularities were discovered.
In a release, the NRCC said it was beginning to release some of the details of its review because it could do so without compromising a federal investigation into Ward.
Ward also served as Kirk’s treasurer. If there was any theft in that case, Kirk is the victim obviously:
The NRCC announcement last week has caused several Republican House members who employed Ward to begin reviewing their campaign accounts.
According to an initial review of Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings, at least 10 House members and several campaign committees listed Christopher J. Ward as the treasurer of their war chests.
One of the 10 is Rep. Jim Walsh (R-N.Y.), who said he has cut ties with Ward and has begun a review of his committee’s finances.
“We have a very small PAC,” said Walsh. “I’m not sure what we are going to do with it, we’ll probably close it out…but we want to make sure everything is done correctly.”
Walsh announced he will not seek reelection last month.
Pennsylvania GOP Reps. Charlie Dent and Phil English also cut Ward loose.
“Upon hearing the NRCC news, immediate steps were taken to remove Mr. Ward as the treasurer,” said Julie Wanzco, a spokeswoman for English. “There is no knowledge of any wrongdoing on his part regarding the leadership PAC.”
Ward is listed as treasurer for Rep. Mark Kirk’s (R-Ill.) campaign account but Kirk said another individual has served in the treasurer role for the last six months.
Ward likely had no access to the actual money in Kirk’s campaign, however, as he operated as Treasurer in terms of compliance.
March 13th, 2008 at
If I ever end up in legal trouble, remind me never to hire TA as my attorney. The dude jumps to too many conclusions and is too willing to ignore obvious facts. Not good qualities in a lawyer … or anyone for that matter.
March 14th, 2008 at
Whatever, guys. We retracted that as soon as it was pointed out. Like y’all never made a mistake. Maybe you should come by the Team America blog some more and engage in some debates on the issues rather than just take potshots over here without having the guts to post it on my blog.
Well, we’ll see how much Seals actually gets out of DCCC.
March 14th, 2008 at
I’m all for getting Ward to return to Kirk’s office!
Gosh, if it was only that easy! (wishful dreaming)
March 16th, 2008 at
TA,
You posted completely ignorant spin and retracted it after it was pointed out that this was what you had done.
It wasn’t a mistake so much as myopia.
And I have visited your blog from time to time. The ‘debates’ there sadly consist of “Kirk is great” … “Seals stinks” … “Hey, did he exaggerate that Northwestern thing” … “Oops, made another booboo and have to retract it” … “Did we mention Kirk is great?”
At least the D3C isn’t losing gobs of cash to corrupt accountants so having Seals on the R2B list is just one more leg up. Don’t get me wrong. I’ve met Rep. Kirk on several occasions (he is my Congressman) and he’s a decent fellow. But, I strongly disagree with several of his stands and find his recent bouts of flip-floppiness to be quite concerning (makes it difficult to decipher which way he’ll ultimately vote on a topic).
March 16th, 2008 at
===Well, we’ll see how much Seals actually gets out of DCCC.
The reason no one wants to debate you is because of fucking stupid statements like this. DCCC has been targeting this since they saw the election night returns in 2006.
Instead of verbal flatulence, some of us have sources.
March 16th, 2008 at
Oh, and trivia about how Dan is making a living, isn’t interesting. Which is primarily what you cover. It’s boring.
April 2nd, 2008 at
[...] same fellow was also accountant to a number of Republican incumbents, including Rep. Mark Kirk. No allegations of wrongdoing amongst those campaigns have made — but the guy no longer works [...]