That the treatment of so many tea party and other conservative groups applying for tax exempt status by the Obama Administration’s Internal Revenue Service has been a scandal is not dependent on evidence of specific direction from the White House nor even that only the 501(c)(4) applications of Republican opponents were delayed; inside-the-beltway conventional wisdom to the contrary.
But that such political targeting had taken place was already obvious – given Lois Lerner’s belated post-2012 campaign disclosure; evidence subsequently developed by ...