Nixon talks political controversy (just not his own)

Jason Rosenbaum, our pick as Best Blogger of 2009, captured Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon‘s reaction (click for the video) to The Kansas City Star‘s big story on political consultant and former lawmaker Rod Jetton

and accusations of “pay for play.”

In short, Nixon wants limits on campaign contributions. The Democratic governor had to be happy the spotlight was off him — if just for a moment — but the Lake of the Ozarks dirty water scandal keeps dogging him.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch‘s Tony Messenger nailed Nixon in his column today for his political amnesia. Messenger notes that after three news conferences, Nixon still can’t remember when he first found out about the dangerously high levels of E. coli bacteria at the lake. Messenger does a great job of pointing out the unanswered questions — who gave him the info and how the hell did Nixon pass on bad info to the public — and Messenger wonders how much voters will remember come 2012.

Whatever those answers are, they’re not good for Nixon.

Hat tip to The Source.