Why on earth wouldn’t anyone believe Nixon on this one? I’m sure if Jay Nixon were a Republican, that the Dem elected Auditor Montee would take the exact same course. This should be filed under how to shoot yourself in the foot. This is a bad story for Nixon that has something any politician doesn’t want on a bad story – legs! And this one has a great pair.

Jefferson City — Attorney General Jay Nixon, who has acknowledged using his state vehicle for political trips, assured state auditors last year that he used his vehicle only for official purposes, Auditor Susan Montee said Thursday.But Montee said she has no plans to undertake another audit of the attorney general’s office until 2009 — after Nixon’s expected gubernatorial matchup next year against Gov. Matt Blunt.