
The history of a campaign that failed, in this case the one to get Gigi Sohn seated on the FCC, is one of bare-knuckles politics with no punches pulled.
Sohn came to her Federal Communications Commission nomination gauntlet having served at the agency as a top counselor to Democratic chairman Tom Wheeler, years of experience dealing with communications issues as head of a public advocacy group and an intellect and command of the issues that commanded respect from many on both sides of the aisle.