Dear Friend,

President Bush has nominated Donald McGahn, a former member of Majority Leader Tom DeLay's (R-TX) legal team who represented Mr. DeLay in legal and ethics matters regarding the Jack Abramoff affair at the time when Mr. DeLay was indicted on campaign finance violations in Texas and admonished for unethical conduct by the House Ethics Committee. Mr. McGhan would be unable to vigorously enforce campaign finance laws fairly and without regard to party affiliation.

While we applaud the effort to create a functioning FEC by attempting to fill the vacant commissioner slots, the right choice is more important than the expedient choice.

I hope you will join me in signing the petition demanding that Donald McGahn’s name be immediately withdrawn for nomination to the FEC.