Put another way…the Ohio A.G. appears to be the only state A.G. who has his own Federal lobbyist.  Clearly Marc Dann is the most important A.G. in the country.  Now we understand just what’s been happening in Columbus…we were so naive.

Our bad.

With Marc Dann’s colorful personnel problems keeping Ohioans in shock or stitches, few have noticed his pioneering ways. The Ohio attorney general has installed a former campaign aide as his man in Washington, D.C. Craig Mehall has a unique job as the nation’s only full-time Washington liaison to a state attorney general, according to a Plain Dealer query of the 49 other state attorneys general. Mehall, 40, justifies his unusual $98,000-a-year job, as does Dann, as a way to tap into Washington cash and congressional pork that might not come Ohio’s way otherwise.But the learning curve for Mehall, with no previous Washington experience, has been steep and has contributed to missteps, as Dann office e-mails show and interviews confirm.

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