October 1, 2008 - 09:49

Dems call for McKenna to issue injunction against party

State Democrats are calling for Attorney General Rob McKenna to seek an immediate injunction against the Washington State Republican Party to keep it from advocating illegally for Dino Rossi, as they were found to have done by the Public Disclosure Commission.

They have also asked McKenna to appoint an independent counsel to conduct the investigation against the party because of the potential conflict of interest that comes from an attorney general investigating his own friends and party.

"This is a clear conflict of interest," said Democratic Party attorney Kevin Hamilton.  "Without immediate action from your office, the Republican Party will be able to flagrantly abuse the law in the general election, just as they did in the primary. This is an unacceptable result for our electoral process."

The aforementioned PDC ruling showed that the Republicans had illegally used soft money to directly benefit Rossi in a mailer sent out to Republicans, but Democrats say that the new "top two" primary rules allow for a much broader interpretation of what defines a Republican, especially since their gubernatorial standard bearer is choosing to identify himself with the "G.O.P. Party" on  the 2008 ballot.

McKenna addressed this fact at the latest attorney general debate in Blaine when he was asked about it by challenger John Ladenburg. He said then that he would not give up the case, nor the one involving illegal fundraising activity by the Building Industry Association of Washington, and cited the work of former Democratic attorney general and now Governor Chris Gregoire. She investigated a number of Democratic allies during her eight years as the state's lawyer.

Bryan Bissell is a PolitickerWA.com Reporter and can be reached via email at noreply@politicker.com.

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