WTF Is It Now?!?

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Even crisis communications guru Chris Lehane -- who spun his way through the Monica Lewinsky mess for his former boss President Bill Clinton -- stopped in his tracks when he heard about the latest troubles of the Republican candidate for governor, Bill Simon.

"He's found liable for fraud with a business associate who has been a drug dealer," Lehane marveled. "It's a hat trick! You've got it all in here."

If the so-called "Master of Disaster" was stunned, then picture the level of panic among some Republicans this week as the family firm of their top state candidate was found guilty of investment fraud by a Los Angeles jury -- and dinged with a stunning $78 million judgment.

"From a procedural level at a campaign, this is probably the highest level of incompetence the state has ever seen," said one frustrated loyal Republican in Sacramento this week. - From the San Francisco Chronicle.