I’ve received some reader comments about this recent post, which some have read as my accusing the Democratic commissioners of creating the partisan division on the FEC. That was far from my intention. I was (apparently inartfully) asking whether Mr. Sullivan, if confirmed, will have the fortitude to stand with Commissioner Bauerly (as Commissioner Weintraub has) in issuing these statements, calling out the three Republican commissioners of their new deregulatory/anti-enforcement positions. I am sure it will be much easier for Commissioner Bauerly to take these public stands if she does not have to stand alone.
To put it another way, I am even more worried about the Commission without Commissioner Weintraub there to keep an eye on things.