Now that Thanksgiving is safely in our rear view mirror, we can focus on the Big Christmas Ask. No ‘Dear Santa’ necessary; no missives to the North Pole. For Washington’s political and governing classes, the appeal would begin “Dear Ron” and would be addressed to U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen at 444 Fourth Street, N.W. All Mayor Vince Gray wants for Christmas is an up or down on Machen’s investigation into Gray’s mayoral campaign. Did Gray and or his top aides offer candidate Sulaimon Brown money or a job to bad mouth Adrian Fenty on the campaign trail — or not? Gray and his people hope for a not, of course.
Either way, the city deserves an answer. Gray is hardly a strong leader, and trying to lead with a judicial sword hanging over him that makes him even more weak.
