Former Clinton White House counsel Lanny Davis and ex-RNC Chair Michael Steele are brushing aside criticism of their new firm, Purple Nation Solutions.The news of their venture drew jeers from New York magazine and Salon after Howard Kurtz wrote a perfunctory piece on the new lobbying/media/consulting shop. Jonathan Chait called the firm’s principals “beltway sleazloids.” Alex Pareene wrote that “Launching a consulting firm is something people with great connections and zero skills do all the time…”
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