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Sestak admits he exaggerated about the ‘job offer’

By: David Freddoso 05/27/10 12:00 AM

Susan makes note of Democratic Pennsylvania Rep. Joe Sestak’s statement on the supposed “federal job” he was offered by the White House. I’m not surprised that he’s corroborating the White House’s account, but I hope he appreciates just how dumb this makes him look. Read More

White House or Sestak — someone is lying

By: David Freddoso 05/27/10 12:00 AM

Here is the White House version, from The New York Times: Read More

Obama promises Sestak explanation — ‘nothing improper’

By: John McCormack 05/26/10 12:00 AM

A short time ago at the press conference on the BP oil spill, President Obama was asked by Major Garrett of Fox News to address Joe Sestak’s allegation that the White House offered him a high-ranking federal job in exchange for dropping out of the Pennsylvania Senate primary. Read More

Down in the polls, Dems at war with themselves

By: Michael Barone 05/26/10 12:00 AM

Intraparty civil war. It's a story line journalists often employ, though usually about only one party, the Republicans. Thus when three-term Sen. Bob Bennett failed to get enough votes at the Utah Republican convention, we were told that he was the victim of a purge by right-wing activists, despite his largely conservative record. Read More

Drumbeat grows louder: GOP senators call for Sestak special prosecutor

By: Examiner Staff Writer 05/25/10 12:00 AM

Today all seven Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder urging Holder to appoint a special investigator to probe Rep. Joe Sestak’s allegations against the White House. Read More

Republicans on Senate Judiciary call for Sestak special prosecutor

By: David Freddoso 05/25/10 12:00 AM

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee continue to stoke the flames of the Sestak controversy in order to keep it alive. Read More

Fawning press now gets cold shoulder from Obama

By: Examiner Staff Writer 05/25/10 12:00 AM

Will Barack Obama go an entire year without holding a formal news conference? He's getting close: The president's last full-scale session with the press was on July 22, 2009, which was 307 days ago. Read More

Blogger: Sestak allegations don’t matter if he’s qualified for the job

By: David Freddoso 05/24/10 12:00 AM

A researcher writes on the Sestak affair at Ezra Klein’s blog. He suggests that even if the White House offered Rep. Sestak a job as secretary of the Navy to get him out of the Pennsylvania Senate primary, that doesn’t matter, because Sestak is qualified for that job. Read More

Sestak gets a primary bump, leads Toomey by 4

By: David Freddoso 05/19/10 12:00 AM

As expected, U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., looks like a tougher opponent for former Republican Rep. Pat Toomey. From Rasmussen: Read More

Sestak’s in a tough spot over White House bribe

By: David Freddoso 05/19/10 12:00 AM

Yesterday, CNN’s Rick Sanchez asked Sestak whether the White House had offered him a gig as Secretary of the Navy in order to buy him out of the Pennsylvania Senate primary. He dissembled, although he did confirm that the White House offered him a job. Read More