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Sestak-gate: White House Offered Romanoff Job, Too
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Jun 02, 2010 03:46pm |
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| Category | Scandal |
| Author | Jim Meyers |
| News Date | Wednesday, May 26, 2010 09:45:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "Allegations that the White House offered Joe Sestak a job in exchange for dropping out of the Pennsylvania Senate race echo an earlier report of a job offer to candidate Andrew Romanoff in Colorado.
On Sept. 27, 2009, the Denver Post reported that the Obama administration offered Senate candidate Romanoff a position if he canceled plans to run for the Democratic nomination against incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet.
The paper said the job offer, which specified particular jobs, reportedly was delivered by Jim Messina, Obama’s deputy chief of staff. One position the Post cited was a job at USAID, the foreign aid agency.
Messina contacted Romanoff soon after news leaked in August 2009 that Romanoff, former Colorado House speaker, would make a primary run against Bennet.
Romanoff turned down the offer and announced his candidacy. Obama then endorsed Bennet, who had been appointed in January 2009 to fill the seat vacated when Ken Salazar became secretary of the Interior.
But Romanoff trounced Bennet at last weekend's Colorado Democratic assembly, winning the top line on the August primary ballot.
The White House denied that Romanoff had been offered a job.
“Mr. Romanoff was never offered a position within the administration,” said White House spokesman Adam Abrams.
Nevertheless, the Denver Post disclosures may have worked against Bennet." |
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