Posted on 06/02/2010 7:14:18 PM PDT by Yossarian
Andrew Romanoff, the former speaker of the Colorado house of representatives, issued a statement Wednesday evening claiming that the White House raised the possibility that he might be offered an administration job if he opted to not challenge incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo.
Romanoff also released what he said was an e-mail from White House deputy chief of staff Jim Messina outlining three possible jobs -- deputy assistant administrator for Latin America and Caribbean for the U.S. Agency for International Development; director of the Office of Democracy and Governance at USAID; and director of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency – he could have if he didn’t run.
Romanoff did not accept any of the offers, and currently is challenging Bennet, who has the endorsement of President Obama.
The White House did not comment. The statement comes as the White House attempts to distance itself from the controversy stemming from attempts – also unsuccessful – to convince Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., to not challenge Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., in the Pennsylvania primary. Sestak ultimately defeated Specter.
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Watergate was nothing compared to what this corrupt Obama administration has done.
Nixon was a Boy Scout compared to these thugs.
Thank you for posting again. It does not matter how many times it is Posted, as many people don’t sit here all day and read. <P.
This is the first I’ve seen this.
Amen to that.
I’m not sure what your problem is - I looked at the other articles, and they either did not come from a non-blogger news source, or they did not have the new and VERY pertinent developments to the story that have just broken.
News-wise, politics-wise, and even legal-wise, “Candidate makes statement backed by incriminating evidence” is a LOT different from “Unnamed Administration officials say”.
Thank you. You’re absolutely right.
Oh yes it is. It’s a federal crime, and a federal crime is impeachable.
Crimes and Criminal Procedure - 18 USC Section 600
Sec. 600. Promise of employment or other benefit for political activity
Whoever, directly or indirectly, promises any employment, position, compensation, contract, appointment, or other benefit, provided for or made possible in whole or in part by any Act of Congress, or any special consideration in obtaining any such benefit, to any person as consideration, favor, or reward for any political activity or for the support of or opposition to any candidate or any political party in connection with any general or special election to any political office, or in connection with any primary election or political convention or caucus held to select candidates for any political office, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
BTTT
Mighty big presumption you make there...
Perhaps, but you need to read the tagline...
It’s got legs!
Well, well, well........ Transparency? New tone in DC?
IN A PIG’S EYE!
It’s not a race thing. It’s a political thing.
Even though democrats take anything political and turn it to racial.
More & more I can’t believe I used to be a democrat. It took me a long time to see the truth. At least I finally DID see it.
Good luck trying to get answers.
The MSM HAS no teeth.
I’ve seen the AP/Yahoo article on this mess, now ABC News. Is the MSM backing away from Obozo or do they feel nothing will come oof it so it’s safe to write about it.?
law does not mention “floating”. Move along...
Meanwhile Sestak is going to get dragged down by his silence in his race against Toomey.
My guess is the latter. The White House is trying to dump all the news about this as quickly as possible so they can then claim it's all "old news" and declare it's time to yet again "move on".
hey, nobama...hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! you and your loser minions need to all resign immediately. you are all corrupt bastards. hahahahahahahahahahahahaha! please release Bo from your clutches. He deserves a life away from such sleaze.
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