Sestak: White House offered me a job

23-May-2010

Pennsylvania’s Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate acknowledges that the White House offered him a job if he would skip the state's primary.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032608/vp/ ... 5#37302715

They must have offered Harold Ford a better job.

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Originally Posted by NIKV69

They must have offered Harold Ford a better job.

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They didn't have to offer him a job because he had no chance of winning. :)

Is this really that big of a deal? A job offer? WHOA!!!! If it were an HJ I'd understand the hype.

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Originally Posted by Phil D.

Is this really that big of a deal? A job offer? WHOA!!!! If it were an HJ I'd understand the hype.

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Offering a job in exchange for a political act, i.e. dropping out of a race, is illegal.

Depending on who offered him the job, it's possible someone (possibly Rahm Emmanuel and/or Obama himself, depending on how important the job was) may have committed a crime.