By Kay Daly

The Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, specifically, Senator Edward Kennedy's (Mass.) staffers, have gone on a fishing expedition to smear one of President Bush's judicial nominees, Alabama Attorney General William Pryor, nominated to serve on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.

The Democrats have discovered that Bill Pryor, a Republican attorney general, raised money for the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA). (See Quin Hillyer in the Mobile Register and Kathryn Lopez on NRO.)

Gasp! I'll wait while you reset your pacemakers.

Bill Pryor broke no law and no ethical rule. Pryor simply told the Senate Judiciary Committee that while he had raised money for RAGA, he could not answer specific questions on from whom, how much, and when because he does not have the records. The Republican National Committee has the records. The Democrat Attorneys General Association (DAGA) has the same arrangement with the Democrat National Committee.

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