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"Sarah Palin’s Personal Shopper." ... "The attention from Jeanne Cummings’s much-talked-about Politico story has naturally focused on the $150,000 in luxury clothing purchased for [2008 Election Republican Vice Presidential Candidate] Sarah Palin at Neiman Marcus, Sak’s Fifth Avenue, and Barney’s. What hasn’t yet gotten any attention is who bought it for her. But buried in the same FEC [Federal Election Commission] disclosure form that revealed Palin’s taste for the fine life is the name of the man who appears to have been her personal shopper: Jeff Larson." ... "Under FEC regulations, the RNC must file what is called a “Schedule F form,” which lists “expenditures made by political committees or designated agents(s) on behalf of candidates for federal office.”" ... "Larson is the [Republican operative] Karl Rove protégé who’s a principal in the robocalling firm of FLS Connect (the “FLS” stands for Tony Feather, Jeff Larson, and Tom Syndhorst, all veteran Republican political operatives). Larson’s firm is the same one that launched the scurrilous robocalls against John McCain in 2000, and that McCain has now hired to make robocalls connecting Barack Obama to Bill Ayers. He’s also well known in Minnesota for leasing his basement apartment at a steeply discounted rate to embattled [Minnesota] Republican Senator Norm Coleman." -By Joshua Green -TheAtlantic.com 
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"Ethics group files charge against Coleman over living arrangement." ... "[Minnesota Republican Senator Norm] Coleman, a Minnesota Republican, has been living in the basement of a Capitol Hill town house owned by campaign consultant Jeff Larson for the past year. He missed a couple of rent payments until the magazine National Journal brought them to his attention. Coleman also paid one month's rent by selling furniture to Larson." ... "Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington wants the Senate Ethics Committee to determine, among other things, whether the $600 monthly rent Coleman pays is fair market value and whether Coleman would have paid the missing rent checks had the magazine not flagged them." ... ""Few Americans have landlords who sometimes fail to cash their rent checks, ignore unpaid rent, or accept furniture in lieu of rent," said CREW's executive director, Melanie Sloan." ... ""That Sen. Coleman has just such a landlord, who also happens to financially benefit from his relationship with the senator, creates exactly the sort of appearance of impropriety that undermines the public's faith in government."" ... "Coleman faces a tough re-election challenge from [2008 Election Minnesota Senatorial Candidate] Democrat Al Franken." -AP via -USATODAY 
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"Friendly Dealings." ... "Along the road to the top of the political heap in Minnesota, [Republican Senator Norm] Coleman had plenty of help. But in the last dozen years, few if any supporters have played a more important role than a little-known Republican operative named Jeff Larson. Larson works in St. Paul [Minnesota's capital] but has gold-plated GOP [GOP=Grand Old Party=Republican] connections in Washington and across the country. Or, as Coleman puts it: "He's the most connected person in D.C. that nobody in Minnesota knows."" ... "Their relationship--the ambitious, energetic, can-do lawmaker and the low-key, behind-the-scenes strategist--has proved to be mutually beneficial. Larson's political telemarketing business appears to have profited handsomely from the relationship, and Coleman has turned to his close friend in times of need, including in his tough battle to win a second Senate term in November [2008 Election]." ... "Most curiously, Larson provides Coleman with a place to live in Washington. In July 2007, Coleman began paying Larson $600 a month in rent for a portion of a one-bedroom basement apartment in a Capitol Hill town house that Larson owns. The way Coleman explained the arrangement, the apartment serves as a crash pad." ... "Earlier this month, after National Journal questioned Coleman and Larson about the living arrangement, the senator said he discovered that his rent for last November and January had not been paid. In mid-June, Coleman covered the back rent with a personal check for $1,200 made out to Larson and signed by the senator's wife. Last year, Coleman sold furniture to Larson to cover one month's rent, according to Larson. And Larson held on to yet another month's rent check for three months, cashing it a few days after NJ's inquiries." ... "Larson's St. Paul-based company, FLS Connect [partners: Feather, Larson, and Synhorst], is a critical component of Coleman's political operation. The firm, which has raised money and hustled up voters for Coleman, has been paid about $1.6 million since mid-2001 by Coleman's Northstar Leadership political action committee and two Senate campaigns, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Larson serves as the PAC's treasurer and provides it with office space in St. Paul; Coleman's Senate campaign stopped renting space from Larson last year." ... "Coleman has yet another Larson connection. He has employed Larson's wife, Dorene, for more than two years as a "casework supervisor" in the senator's St. Paul office. She is listed on his Senate payroll under her maiden name [Dorene Kainz]. After NJ questioned Coleman about the arrangement, his staff said that she would be leaving her constituent-services job on July 10." ... "Larson and his longtime partner, Tony Feather, are close to the [Republican President] Bush White House. Republican operatives said that Feather is especially close to Karl Rove, the former senior White House adviser who masterminded both of George W. Bush's presidential campaigns. In the 2003-04 presidential election cycle, the Bush-Cheney campaign paid FLS Connect, then known by other names, nearly $7.6 million, FEC records show." ... "But that's virtually chump change compared with what the Republican National Committee has doled out to FLS Connect since 2003--some $29.5 million, according to an analysis of federal campaign reports by the Center for Responsive Politics. And those numbers don't include money funneled to FLS Connect by at least 20 state GOP parties and House and Senate candidates." ... "In the end, Coleman's ties to Larson could prove politically damaging. Democrats, trying to unseat Coleman in his bid for a second term, have already publicly attacked him for his association with Larson's FLS Connect and another firm, DCI Group, a powerhouse Washington lobbying outfit." -By Edward T. Pound -NationalJournal |
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