Congressional check bouncer chairs group running anti-Dean ads

[Freddie Stubbs]

Ex-Rep. Feighan chairs group running ads to discredit Dean

12/16/03

Stephen Koff
Plain Dealer Bureau Chief


Washington- Ed Feighan, the former Cleveland-area congressman who left Washington during the House banking scandal, is involved in politics - and controversy - again.

A Democrat from Lakewood, he is chairing a secretive campaign to slow the momentum of presidential candidate Howard Dean by running negative ads in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. Feighan and his group won't say who's behind the ads.

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Feighan served in Congress from 1982 through 1992. He did not run for re-election after the House bank scandal, when it was disclosed he had 397 overdraft checks and carried a negative balance for eight months.

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[demnan]

1. We should find out who is backing him

he sounds like a guy who could be bought by just about anybody.

[Freddie Stubbs]

2. As long as the checks don't bounce

;-)