David Plouffe’s speaking fees

The Washington Postthis morning has what it clearly believes is a serious scoop and scandal: David Plouffe, President Obama's 2008 campaign manager and current senior adviser ("a key member of Obama’s inner circle, a confidant whose desk is just steps from the Oval Office"), was paid $100,000 in speaking fees "from an affiliate of a company doingbusinesswith Iran’s government." In 2010, a month before he began his expanded advisory role at the White House (and a month after his new job was an...