Breaking from CNN : Fisher Consultant Endorses Fisher!

File this under "duh."

CNN sloppily reported with mild fanfare on their site today that former Obama for America Campaign Manager David Plouffe was taking sides and throwing his support behind Lee Fisher in the bid for U.S. Senate.

According to the article on CNN.com, the Fisher campaign sent an email addressed from Plouffe calling the Lt. Governor "a champion for Ohio workers."

What the CNN article fails to mention is Plouffe's consulting firm, AKPD Message and Media is one of Fisher's consultants. So, while Plouffe certainly has star appeal, he also has obvious motives for supporting his own client. I don't have any problem with Fisher's campaign using him this way. What's sad is the reporting that made this sound like a coup when it was nothing more than a consultant doing a favor for a client.