Pharma-quiddick? Axelrod’s connections “don’t pass the smell test” « NewsReal Blog

Pharma-quiddick? Axelrod’s connections “don’t pass the smell test” « NewsReal Blog: "Following up on his report last night, Sean Hannity brought on commentators S. E. Cupp and Kimberly Guilfoyle to discuss accusations being leveled at senior Barack Obama advisor David Axelrod.

As Guilfoyle put it, “Wake up, America. This does not pass the smell test” — “this” being the fact that Axelrod’s former P.R. firm is producing commercials for special-interest groups that stand to gain if “Obamacare” legislation is passed.

The FOX News panel praised talk radio host (and attorney) Hugh Hewitt for writing a definitive column about this conflict of interest scandal-in-the-making. As Hewitt explained:

Most of the commentary on David Axelrod’s contract with his former political campaign and consulting firm has missed the crucial point. People’s opinions of the appropriateness of the deal under which Axelrod will be paid two million dollars over the next many years don’t matter even in the world of public opinion because few people will know Mr. Axelrod’s name or care that he made an arrangement to continue to receive funds from his former firm while living on his otherwise much-reduced salary as a senior advisor to President Obama."