The ‘Domino Theory’ in the IG Scandal

The firing of an inspector general starts a probe that could topple the Democrats’ agenda and seriously damage the president's credibility.
June 19, 2009 - by Robert Stacy McCain

White House officials who fired whistleblower Gerald Walpin last week have sparked a series of investigations that pose both political and policy threats to the Obama administration.

Describing the probe into the dismissal of the AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin, one Capitol Hill source on Thursday compared Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley’s demand for facts in the case to a row of dominoes ready to tip over.

Grassley is asking questions, a team of Senate investigators is poring over documents in the case, and where the investigation proceeds now “depends on what dominoes fall next,â€