While y'all parse the facts over whether or not Davis has anything at all to do with Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac or whomever...
Democrat Barack Obama still gets advice from former Fannie Mae chairman Jim Johnson.
Oh sure, Johnson was kicked under the bus after the press disclosed that Johnson received loans directly from the CEO of Countrywide Financial.
Without Johnson heading that VP search committee, Obama selected the Dan Quayle of Delaware to be his running mate. (See what I did there? See what I did?)
But Ben Smith of
Politico reported Johnson never really went away. He’s been advising Obama all along.
And the New York Times thinks it is bad because the firm of Republican John McCain’s campaign manager represents Fannie Mae?
Here is the architect of the self-destruction of Fannie Mae constructing the Obama presidency.