Here’s an idea…

…when you want to selectively leak a story to get it out ahead of your opponents…

…don’t tell your opponents.

AG Holder’s communication aide called the wrong number last Friday. He thought he was calling a House-ranking Democrat congressman… but he called Republican Issa!

Before he realized his mistake, he told Republican committee chair Issa’s aides he was going to leak politically damaging IRS scandal documents to Democrat Cummings and his aides, so they in turn could bring the stories out and let the DOJ comment publicly.

The misguided aide explained that “the Justice Dept.’s Office of Legislative Affairs had not permitted him to release the documents to the public” and he ‘wanted to get ahead of the story’ before the Republicans (led by Issa) could get them out to news agencies.

(All this, to coordinate damage-control with Democrats…judging by the anxious and strident behavior Congressman Cummings has exhibited, he may be implicated.)

First and foremost, this proves conclusively that the Justice Dept is shielding the IRS. And since it was AG Holder’s aide, it’s fair to say Holder’s orchestrating that effort.

Obama should demand Holder’s immediate resignation. Congressman Issa should demand the IRS documents, and Congressman Cummings should be brought before the committee to explain his involvement, then be removed from the committee.

Obama’s ‘not a smidgeon of corruption’ IRS scandal may yet blow up in his face.