When last we saw Democrat Pennsylvania senatorial candidate Joe Sestak, he was confirming that the White House had offered him a job to drop out of the primary against Arlen Specter. The White House for its part did a "thorough" investigation and announced that the offer had been made by Bill Clinton. Since Clinton was not a federal office holder, no law was broken. (Of course, since Clinton made the offer at the behest of Rahm Emmanuel, a federal employee, that conclusion is plain wrong.)
After the White House report, the story died down. Other than Representative Darrell Issa who promises to investigate should the Republicans take the House, no one was talking about it anymore. Well now it is back!
Campaigning in Pennsylvania for Sestak, Clinton announced to the press that he had not made any attempt to get Sestak out of the race. So we have both Sestak and the White House confirming that such an attempt was made. The White House says it was by Clinton, but the former president says it was not. Sestak is still not saying who made the offer. In short, it is a big mess. Were it any other former president involved, the weight of his words would probably carry the day. With Clinton, one would have to see the exact words and parse them very carefully. Then one would have to decide whetehr or not to believe him. In any event, should the GOP take the house, this will surely be a subject of investigation.
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