Michelle O's influence on Americorps scandal

Well, it looks like the First Lady is getting involved in Americorps mess out in Sacramento. Not only do we have a fired (an illegal act) IG, inexplicably missing funds, a vow to return inexplicably missing funds even though the perps declare their innocence, but now we have the First Lady sending her crony out for a showdown. 

Conservatives disliked the Orwellian name and the implications of having so many young adults being trained as community organizers, and the concept went back in the closet with its ersatz presidential seal.

But why startle people with a creepy-sounding plan when you can just keep dumping money on AmeriCorps to eventually reach the same end?

And having some hard-nosed, headline-seeking, Republican-appointed inspector general running around wouldn’t make that any easier.

As Michelle Obama exerts her will more and more on her husband’s administration, expect the showdown with Walpin to be the first of many inside the bureaucracy.