Day By Day April 6, 2010 – Stimulus Funds

The shoe has dropped at the Republican National Committee – as it should have.

Republican National Committee chief of staff Ken McKay has resigned in the wake of a controversy over an expenditure at a risque California nightclub, RNC communications director Doug Heye said Monday.

McKay’s resignation comes one week after the Daily Caller Web site reported that the RNC’s January expenditure report included nearly $2,000 spent at Voyeur in West Hollywood, a topless nightclub.

RNC officials worked to distance Chairman Michael Steele from the controversy — insisting that not only was he not in attendance but that he had no knowledge of the reimbursement — and promised changes in the way that people were reimbursed by the committee.

McKay’s resignation appears to be the leading edge of those moves, and an attempt by Steele and the broader RNC to show donors worried about the stability of the committee that changes ares being made.

But, Michael Steele is responsible for this mess and may ultimately pay the price with his resignation.

This reminds us to be very skeptical of politicians and political parties – you know something about absolute power corrupting absolutely.

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