This might not look too good for Jim Tedisco, the Republican candidate for Kirsten Gillibrand's old House seat in the special election this Tuesday.

A few days ago, the DCCC launched an attack ad against Tedisco for having written a letter to a judge in 2003, requesting leniency for a mortgage executive who pled guilty in a corporate corruption case.

The Albany Times Union reported at the time (via Nexis) that there were two notable people who wrote letters -- Tedisco, and a major state lobbyist named James Featherstonhaugh. Today's FEC filings show that Tedisco has just received yesterday a maximum donation of $2,400 from...James Featherstonhaugh.

Keep in mind that Tedisco and the GOP have been attacking Democratic candidate Scott Murphy, a businessman, as being one of a kind with the corrupt Wall Street leaders who gave us the AIG bonuses. So taking a maxed-out donation from a lobbyist who asked for leniency in a corporate crime case -- which Tedisco also asked for -- does kind of undercut the message.

The Tedisco campaign has not responded to a request for comment.