It’s looking more and more like — as we suspected — Kentucky GOP senator Jim Bunning is the guy who placed the anonymous hold on the nomination of Neil Barofsky to the crucial post of special inspector general for the bailout.
Bunning’s spokesman, Mike Reynard, wouldn’t return any of our several calls on the subject. But the Associated Press appears to have reached him. It reports:
Republican Sen. Jim Bunning of Kentucky, a member of the Senate Banking Committee who opposed the bailout bill, has said he had “serious concerns” with Barofsky’s nomination, though he has praised his experience. Bunning spokesman Mike Reynard would not comment on whether Bunning had placed the hold.
We’ll let you draw your own conclusions…