My apologies if this has been mentioned today, but I haven’t seen it on the Corner. Here is the latest in the saga about the anti-Mormon push-polls. A new firm’s involvement has been revealed but there is still no clarity as to who did it. Attempts to get to the bottom of things before the New Hampshire primary have been dashed by an Oregon court — the “show cause” hearing will not take place until Jan. 16.

Based on the information gathered to date, it has been determined that Western Wats, of Orem, Utah, conducted the telephone poll at issue. It was also determined that Moore-Information, Inc. located at 2130 SW Jefferson Street, Suite 200, Portland, Oregon hired Western Wats to conduct the poll, was involved in developing the content of the transcript for the poll, and set the dates for the poll to be conducted in New Hampshire.
In pursuit of information to complete our investigation and to establish the nature of this poll, the Attorney General’s Office has worked with the Multnomah County, Oregon Attorneys’ Office to issue out-of-state subpoenas to require Moore-Information, Inc. to produce documents regarding the purpose of the poll and who hired them to conduct the poll. Moore-Information has represented, through legal counsel, that they were hired to conduct the poll relative to the New Hampshire Presidential Primary. In December 2007, a New Hampshire Superior Court executed the out-of-state subpoenas for Moore-Information, Inc. to produce the documents by January 5, 2008.
On January 2, 2008, before an Oregon Court, Moore-Information, Inc.’s attorney contested the out-of-state subpoenas and specifically objected to the time frame for Moore-Information, Inc. to produce documents. New Hampshire’s Attorney General requested an expedited hearing to allow New Hampshire’s voters to know the outcome of this matter prior to our Primary. Over New Hampshire’s objection, the Oregon Court scheduled a show cause hearing for January 16, 2008, to determine whether Moore-Information, Inc. is required to produce the requested documents in New Hampshire.
Because the voters of New Hampshire deserve to know whether any presidential candidate violated New Hampshire’s law by conducting this poll, Attorney General Kelly Ayotte requests anyone with information regarding who hired Moore-Information, Inc. to cause this poll to be conducted in New Hampshire, in November 2007, to please contact the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office.