White House Faces Fresh Questions Over Back-Room Dealmaking

[Collins Country]

WASHINGTON

The White House faced fresh questions over back-room dealmaking after it acknowledged one of President Obama's top advisers had suggested to a Democratic candidate the potential for an administration job in lieu of challenging the candidate whom the president favored in the Colorado Senate race.

Former Colorado House of Representatives Speaker Andrew Romanoff on Wednesday night released a copy of an e-mail in which White House deputy chief of staff Jim Messina described three federal international development jobs that might be available to him if he were not challenging Sen. Michael Bennet for the Democratic nomination.

Click here to read the e-mail from Messina to Romanoff.

"He added that he could not guarantee my appointment to any of these positions," Romanoff said in a statement. "At no time was I promised a job, nor did I request Mr. Messina's assistance in obtaining one."

Earlier in the day, a White House official said no formal offer was ever made and insisted there was nothing inappropriate in the contacts -- rhetoric similar to the explanation given last week when the White House admitted it orchestrated a job offer to Senate candidate Joe Sestak in the Pennsylvania primary.

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Intervention in Colorado Race Could Cast Pall Over Obama Transparency Message "Mr. Romanoff was recommended to the White House from Democrats in Colorado for a position in the administration," White House deputy press secretary Bill Burton said. "There were some initial conversations with him but no job was ever offered."

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs added that Romanoff had applied for a position at USAID during the president's transition and Messina was following up on that application when he called the lawmaker.

Last September, Romanoff told the Denver Post he declined the offer. The White House denied to the paper that it had made any deal. The day after Romanoff entered the race, Obama endorsed Bennet. Two weeks ago, Romanoff won the Democratic Party endorsement against Bennet, which offers a big boost heading into the Aug. 10 primary.

Still, the newest revelation calls into question repeated promises by Obama to run an open government that was above private political horse-trading. In appealing to voters this election year, Republicans charge that Obama's promise to change the ways of Washington has given way to the craven politics he campaigned against.

An embarrassed White House said last Friday that it asked former President Bill Clinton last year to approach Sestak about backing out of the Senate primary against party-switching Sen. Arlen Specter in favor of an unpaid position on a federal advisory board.

Sestak declined the offer and defeated Specter late last month for the Democratic nomination after disclosing the job discussions and highlighting it as evidence of his anti-establishment political credentials. He said last week he rejected Clinton's feeler in less than a minute.

In a two-page report on the Sestak case, the White House counsel said the administration did nothing illegal or unethical.

Unlike Sestak, Romanoff had ducked questions on the subject before issuing his statement Wednesday night. Also unlike Sestak, Romanoff was out of office and looking for his next act after being forced from his job because of term limits.

[TC]

What I understand is both those deals are impeachable offenses, hopefully there is someone out there that will take the bull by the horns and take care of the situation.

[Collins Country]

Aw, the dems will rally around there alien born president once again!

[bluemouse]

good luck, they got slick willie to lie for them

[TC]

Not once but twice two rats in the pot now....

[Pine Mt Beagles]

by TC on Fri Jun 04, 2010 11:50 am

What I understand is both those deals are impeachable offenses,
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-SOME REAL BACK ROOM DEALING'S NOT THE B.S. FROM SOME HIPPOCRIT'S..
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-INVESTIGATIVE REPORT: The untold story of the Bush administration's penchant for secrecy - How the public's business gets done out of the public eye - The Bush administration has removed from the public domain millions of pages of information on health, safety, and environmental matters, lowering a shroud of secrecy over many critical operations of the federal government. - The administration's efforts to shield the actions of, and the information held by, the executive branch are far more extensive than has been previously documented. And they reach well beyond security issues. - Important business and consumer information is increasingly being withheld from the public - New administrative initiatives have effectively placed off limits critical health and safety information potentially affecting millions of Americans. - Beyond the well-publicized cases involving terrorism suspects, the administration is aggressively pursuing secrecy claims in the federal courts in ways little understood--even by some in the legal system. - New administration policies have thwarted the ability of Congress to exercise its constitutional authority to monitor the executive branch and, in some cases, even to obtain basic information about its actions. - In the first two years of Bush's term, his administration classified records some 44.5 million times, or about the same number as in President Clinton's last four years.

[Rabbithoundjb]

PMB YOU ARE SAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU are the same person that bashed Bush for his spending and make excuses for Obamas spending and you actually have the audacity to call someone else a hippocrit. SAME OLE PMB BULL$HIT, you can't address the topic so you continue your same rhetoric/nonsense about Bush. NO administration has been less transparent then the current one. In case you haven't noticed Bush isn't president and your diversions are just like Obama, INEPT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHEN WILL THIS ADMINSTRATION BECOME GOOD AT SOMETHING OTHER THAN BLAMING SOMEBODY ELSE!!!!!!!!!!

[bluegrass]

PMB YOU ARE SAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU are the same person that bashed Bush for his spending and make excuses for Obamas spending and you actually have the audacity to call someone else a hippocrit. SAME OLE PMB BULL$HIT, you can't address the topic so you continue your same rhetoric/nonsense about Bush. NO administration has been less transparent then the current one. In case you haven't noticed Bush isn't president and your diversions are just like Obama, INEPT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHEN WILL THIS ADMINSTRATION BECOME GOOD AT SOMETHING OTHER THAN BLAMING SOMEBODY ELSE!!!!!!!!!!

You are missing DUFUS' point...since that report he found says BUSH DID IT TOO, then OBAMBI gets a pass...as long as he can find some left wing idiot to claim that BUSH DID IT TOO then ANYTHING that his messiah does will be alright. Dufus is incapable of independent thought, therefore he needs validation and the ONLY place idiots like him find validation is in cyberspace on idiot left wing websites....c'mon dufus, post a LINK just for ONCE so we can all enjoy your useless drivel.


IDIOT

[Collins Country]

It no longer matters what Bush did, he's not been the president for a year and a half. Thsi joker needs to start taking responsibility for himself instead 18 months later, obamination still blames bush for his own short comings.

[Pine Mt Beagles]

by Collins Country on Wed Jun 09, 2010 3:24 pm

It no longer matters what Bush did, he's not been the president for a year and a half. Thsi joker needs to start taking responsibility for himself instead 18 months later, obamination still blames bush for his own short comings.
Robert Collins
Eubank, KY
606-383-2767
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=THIS POST IS THE VERY REASON I EVEN BOTHER WASTING MY TIME WITH YOU BRAIN DEAD HIPPOCRIT'S THIS IS THE REPUBLICAN -WAY DO ALL YOU CAN,TO DESTROY THE POOR AND WORKING CLASS ( THAT MEAN'S Y0U) SAY EVERY LIE YOU CAN, STEAL ALL YOU CAN .DESTROY AS MUCH OF AMERICA AS POSSABLE, THEN WHEN YOU FINALLY GET FOUND OUT LIE - AND WHEN SOME ONE ELSE FOLLOW'S YOU .BLAME IT ON THEM.--BUSH IS GOING DOWN IN HISTORY AS THE WORST PRESIDENT EVER,YOU ALL KNOW THAT,AND IT WILL TAKE DECADES TO GET OVER HIS AND CHEENY'S TYRANT YEAR'S.WHAT I DON'T UNDER STAND IS HOW YOUO COULD EVEN CONSIDER VOTING REPUBLICAN-DON'T YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR FAMILY A VOTE FOR A REPUBLICAN IS A VOTE AGAINST YOUR SELF AND YOUR FAMILY'S FUTURE,I DON'T THINK A REPUBLICAN HAS EVER DID ANYTHING FOR THE WORKING PEOPLE IN AMERICA ,IF SO IT WAS VERY LITTLE .
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=OBAMA DOES NOT BLAME BUSH FOR HIS SHORT COMMING'S=AND HE HAS TAKEN RESPONSABILITY WHERE HE SHOULD YOU CANNOT SAY SAY THE SAME FOR =BUSH==I REMEMBER BUSH SAYING HE DID NOT MAKE A MISTAKE DURING HIS TYRANNY,, AND I KNOW MOST OF YOU BELIEVE THAT----=MR COLLIN'S YOU ARE WRONG- BUT- HECK YOU KNOW THAT YOU WOULD VOTE REPUBLICAN IF BIN LADEN WAS RUNNING ON THE G O P TICKET= BUT HE IS DOING MUCH MORE THAN BUSH AND CHEENY EVERY DID .I REMEMBER BUSH SAYING HE DID NOT MAKE A MISTAKE DURING HIS TYRANNY,, AND I KNOW MOST OF YOU BELIEVE THAT----HIPPOCRIT'S
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-READ IF YOU DARE
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-THIS IS THE KIND OF TRASH YOU SUPPORT
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George Bush likes to present himself as a straight-talking, regular guy. But it's an act -- regular guys don't go to Andover Prep, Yale and Harvard Business School, and straight-talking guys don't pretend to be regular guys after growing up in one of the most privileged homes in world history. Not only was Bush's dad president, his grandpa was a U.S. Senator and wealthy Wall Street banker, and his mom's blueblood family owned (among other things) the estate in Maine that Bush still hangs out at.

Now, as Bush's regular guy act is wearing thin, some of his other deceptions are becoming more obvious.

Click on the allegation of your choice:


-- His top aides exposed an undercover CIA agent to silence critics

-- Lies, deception and coverups to push the war in Iraq

-- Convicted of drunk driving. Lied repeatedly to cover up his arrest.

-- Lying under oath. Bush & staff stop investigation of contributor's huge funeral home company.

-- Avoided Vietnam and Skipped Out on his National Guard Service

-- Texas government corruption: State $$ for campaign funders & business cronies

-- Cocaine: felony drug use, vile hypocrisy, and a hushed up arrest?

-- His "young and irresponsible" behavior: sex, drugs and (gasp!) rock and roll?

-- Thin skinned: censors his critics with police, lawyers, $$$

-- Character: Spoiled rich kid living off his family's name and reputation

-- Made millions on insider business deals, for little work
-- -- Deal #1. Personal Profits from Failing Oil Companies
-- -- -- -- Easy Money From Odd Sources
-- -- -- -- A Surprise Deal From Bahrain
-- -- -- -- Access to the President and National Security Adviser for his foreign business partner
-- -- Deal #2. Selling Oil Stocks Just Before Iraq Invaded: lucky guess or illegal insider trading?
-- -- Deal #3. A Big Slice of a Baseball Team
-- -- -- -- Hypocrisy: using government coercion to make his private fortune
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-AND YOU HAVE THE GALL TO =====TRY=====AND COMPARE THIS TO THE PRESIDENT WE HAVE NOW=====HIPPOCRIT'S===

[bluegrass]

Once again idiot you have failed to post a link to your source...we all KNOW its not from your brain since the spelling is correct, along with the grammar, so why don't you, for just ONCE, post a link so we can all SEE where you get your info...what are you afraid of??


WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF???

Maybe I need to put it into DUFUSSPEAK...


WHUT====ARE, YOU=====AFRADE OF, POST THE LIIINK=====


Good grief my spell checker just asked me if I have went crazy.....

[Rabbithoundjb]

Bluegrass I haven't missed PMB's point because he has NO point only Bush did this and Bush did that. PMB YOU are the only one ignoring facts and the (by miles) biggest hippocrit on this forum.

[TC]

Guys Guys I Have been tellin ya...
Ya CAINT ARGUE WITH A BRICK WALL!!! OR THE MENTALLY ILL!!!!
Dont Worry or SKIMP ON THE MEDS Rufus Yer Obama Will SEND YA MORE!!!!

HEY RUFUS

YA GOT YER PURPLE CARD YET????

[Pine Mt Beagles]

YOU BRAIN DEAD HIPPOCRIT'S -JUST DON'T CARE ABOUT THE POINT BUT I WILL EXPLAIN IT A LITTLE BETTER---
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-IF YOU GO TO THE DOCTOR AND HE TELL'S YOU THAT YOU HAVE CANCER IN EVERY, ORGAN OF YOUR BODY AND HAVE A FEW MONTH'S TO LIVE ,IN A FEW MONTH'S YOU DIE BECAUSE THE CANCER KILLED YOUR ORGAN'S,, THE DOCTOR SAY'S YOU DIED OF A HEART ATTACK.IN MINUTES,,
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-THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE SAYING WE HAD EIGHT(8) YRS OF BUSH DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY, YET YOU ARE SAYING IT DIED BECAUSE OF-- PRESIDENT OBAMA--IN A YEAR AND HALH (1 1/2 YRS)WHER IS THE LOGIC IN THAT ===AND DON'T FORGET WHEN YOU START TO SAY ALL I DO IS BLAME BUSH (LIKE YOU STILL BLAME PRESIDENT CLINTON) I BLAME ALL ELECTED REPUBLICAN'S-ALTHOUGH BUSH AND CHEENY WERE THE WORST IN HISTORY.

[2500 HD]

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