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White House Acknowledges Job Talks with Democratic Senate Candidate Andrew Romanoff
ABC News ^

Posted on 06/03/2010 8:21:13 AM PDT by Chet 99

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs acknowledged Thursday morning that White House deputy chief of staff Jim Messina talked last September with Andrew Romanoff, the former speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives, about possible administration jobs he might be qualified for if he didn’t challenge Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., in the Democratic primary.

Last night, Romanoff issued a statement stating that Messina had floated the possibility of three jobs -- including two at the US Agency for International Development -- if he didn’t run for Senate. Romanoff turned Messina down and is challenging Bennet, whom President Obama endorsed.

The Gibbs statement didn’t contradict the one offered last night by Romanoff, though Gibbs added that Romanoff had “applied for a position at USAID during the Presidential transition. He filed this application through the Transition on-line process. After the new administration took office, he followed up by phone with White House personnel.”

Gibbs said that “Messina called and emailed Romanoff last September to see if he was still interested in a position at USAID, or if, as had been reported, he was running for the US Senate. Months earlier, the President had endorsed Senator Michael Bennet for the Colorado seat, and Messina wanted to determine if it was possible to avoid a costly battle between two supporters. But Romanoff said that he was committed to the Senate race and no longer interested in working for the Administration, and that ended the discussion. As Mr. Romanoff has stated, there was no offer of a job.”

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: romanoff
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To: teletech
If ABC is writing about this, they must feel it is a non-story and NOTHING will happen to Obozo.

The public is being conditioned into thinking this is routine and acceptable.

41 posted on 06/03/2010 11:20:00 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: TSgt
Let the impeachment commence after the GOP takes back the House on Jan 1,2011 and has subpoena power.
42 posted on 06/03/2010 11:23:11 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barack Hussein 0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: Chet 99

BTTT!!!


43 posted on 06/03/2010 1:13:10 PM PDT by djf
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To: Chet 99

Hussein endorsed Bennet THE DAY AFTER Romanoff’s refusal of the bribe. But of COURSE there was no connection!!!!


44 posted on 06/03/2010 1:26:09 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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