Pancakes & Politics, Nov. 10, originally uploaded by L.A. Chamber.

General Services Administrator Lurita Doan was scheduled to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee last Tuesday, squaring off against Chairman Henry Waxman (pictured above) about the charges of misconduct he’s leveled at her. However, days before the hearing, Waxman called it off, postponing Doan’s testimony until this Wednesday.

Then today, on the front page of the Washington Post, reporters Scott Higham and Robert O’Harrow Jr. unveiled more allegations against Doan — ginned up once again by Waxman’s henchmen. While I’m not condoning illegal behavior (if proven to be illegal), the timing of the Post article — two days before Doan’s hearing — seems awfully suspicious.

When I called Waxman’s committee today, I was told the hearing was changed because of a “scheduling conflict.” But it wasn’t Doan’s schedule that conflicted. In fact, she’s been more than willing to appear before the committee to set the record straight.

Could it be that Waxman feared the tide was beginning to turn against him for his overzealous tactics to smear Doan? Just yesterday, I laid out the details of Waxman’s witch hunt in my Townhall column. As you’ll see when you read it, Waxman’s allegations are crafted to take down a public servant who has done what few in Washington dare do: cut government spending.

Working hand in hand with the Washington Post, Waxman has been able to portray Doan as a crony who abused her role for partisan political purpose. In fact, today’s article was the fourth since January (read them here, here, here and here). While I’m certainly interested in getting to the bottom of the charges against Doan, I find it awfully curious that Waxman nixed last week’s hearing just in time for the Washington Post to compose another hit piece.