Yesterday Chairman Jamie Franks made comments on the Louisiana Democratic Party’s asking the FEC to investigate probe a donation to LA Sen. David Vitter that involves Gov. Barbour and former Congressman Pickering.

From those comments:

“This is nothing new for Barbour or Mississippi Republicans who routinely use shadow PACs, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and innocuous-sounding groups to hide their political money by attacking Democratic candidates so they can look like they are above the fray. However, this is something a bit more serious. What appears to have happened here actually violates federal law and is a serious offense for a governor who not only represents Mississippi but all Republican governors nationwide.”

Now comes a blog post from Majority In Mississippi, which asks the question: Do Democrats Really Want To Talk About Campaign Contributions?

In that post they compare what Barbour and Pickering did to two attorneys making donations to the Democratic Attorneys General Association, which then in turn donated money to Attorney Jim Hood’s re-election campaign in 2007.

MIM, which is a Republican blog, is waiving its left hand in hopes people won’t see what the right hand is doing. Here are the facts:

1. What happened in 2007 in no way violated any campaign finance laws.
2. What Barbour and Pickering did appears to absolutely violate federal campaign finance laws.

State and federal campaign finance laws are different, and MIM knows it. Barbour and Pickering got caught. Now they have to do their best to wiggle out of it.

Oh, and don’t forget about the fundraiser Pickering hosted for Vitter. Read about it here and here.