Democrat Attorney General Paul Morrison is now asking for an independent investigation of his 2 year affair. What we want to know is what is Mr. Morrison’s end game here – does he think that if he calls for a further public airing of the allegations that the victim here will recant instead of facing further official and public scrutiny? He denies any professional misconduct – we’d venture to say that engaging in NC-17 behavior on state time on state property would be construed as misconduct and would get most state employees fired in any state. Maybe not, maybe the standard of behavior for Kansas elected officials is lower than the rest of the state.

Topeka — Hoping to keep his job, Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison said Tuesday he wants an independent investigation into allegations made against him by a former subordinate with whom he had an extramarital affair.

“It is essential that the people of Kansas have confidence in the office of attorney general,” Morrison said in a prepared statement.

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Meanwhile, a Kansas newspaper columnist is talking what we’ve been harping all week:

As this Morrison Mess oozes into a fourth day, I’m taking bets on how much longer Paul Morrison will try to hang on.

Not saying the Kansas attorney general ought to resign, which he should for the good of his family, his political party and the citizens of Kansas.

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Kansas bloggers are all over this one – clearly – check out what Nice Deb, Tony’s Kansas City, and Stay Red Kansas and their readers have to say.

Last bit for today – Stay Red Kansas posted one of Morrison’s early bio spots from the ’06 campaign (“So you say you have a job?”) – watching these things with hindsight in place is always fun.  Think words and phrases like priorities, cracking down on wrong doing with the toughest sentences, and always putting safety first.  Maybe Kansas Democrats are wishing they’d recruited Jack Morrison instead – he sure looks better now.