I'm not much of a diary writer, more of a lurker/commenter over the years; but here's a story that I can't find being noted much on DKos. Neither has the AP or Reuters picked it up yet as far as I can tell. It's the news that Christopher J. Ward, long-time trusted National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) treasurer has been caught embezzling up to 1 million dollars from the various funds he has managed.
Alert! Hello! This guy was/is treasuer for the Swift Boat Veterans for Lies (oops i meant to say Truth), as well as 80-some other GOP PACS, etc.
Raw Story has an article on this here and the Washington Post seems to have the most extensive story NRCC Says Ex-Treasurer Diverted Up to $1 Million. Both these stories are from yesterday (Friday) and will soon slip below the radar.
Apparently he was, among other things, keeping open bank accounts for PACs after the PAC itself had been disbanded. Then he was using these dummy accounts to play his little shell game of moving money around and skimming off his little thefts. He managed to find excuses for years to delay having his accounts audited so was able to not get caught playing his little con game.
I know he's not a Governor, or a Democrat, but isn't this a newsworthy story? Of course the "liberal media" are always, oddly, giving GOP'ers a break on bad publicity.