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Most people might consider Maine a great place to vacation, but for New Hampshire Republican consultant and former McCain adviser Michael Dennehy, apparently it's a great place to draw the ire of the Ethics Commission and your own campaign client.
The Kennebec Journal has a piece today about Dennehy releasing a last-minute attack robocall before the state's primary - in violation of state law and without consulting the campaign, itself:
Michael Dennehy said he did not ask [Republican Gubernatorial candidate Les] Otten or Campaign Manager Edie Smith for permission before recording the message and sending it to 7,289 Maine households the night before the June 8 primary.
The phone call became an issue last month when the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices launched an investigation because the call contained no disclosure, as required by law.
The attack? It targeted primary rival Paul LePage for his position on civil unions (and he even got that wrong).
Dennehy is a former ED of the NH Republican Party; was a top adviser during both of McCain's presidential runs; and assisted Fred Tausch and STEWARD of Prosperity with their own round of attacks back here in the good ole' Granite State. With all of that experience, you would think he would know campaign protocol (and why something smells fishy about this story). From the KJ, candidate Otto on his campaign consultant:
"Mr. Dennehy had no authority, no responsibility, no directive, no hint of direction, no discussion and no motivation from any person inside or outside the campaign staff, relatives, or workers to act as he did ... It's extraordinarily stupid coming from someone who had been in charge of a presidential campaign in New Hampshire."
I wonder how clients Dan St. Hilaire (running for Executive Council District 2) and Senator Michael Downing (running for Rockingham County Sheriff) are feeling about this.
