If you’re setting up a legal defense fund, that’s a sure sign things aren’t going well at the office.

The honorables on Jones Street voted to move forward on impeachment proceedings against secretary of state Elaine Marshall before they last blew out of town. The Dems screamed holy hell, as did SOME of the GOPe. But it happened.

I sure thought it was going to go away quietly as the ethics complaints against David Lewis did. But, apparently not.

Paperwork is on file at the state board of elections for a “Elaine Marshall Defense Fund.” According to that paperwork, it’s being managed by Raleigh-area consultant Tiffany Reynolds-Richardson.