Sestek-gate Investigation

[Mabus]

Joe Sestak White House Job Offer: Republicans Demand Special Prosecutor Inquiry - Huffington Post

An excerpt:

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are amping up pressure on the White House to divulge details of Rep. Joe Sestak's allegation that the Obama administration offered him a federal job in exchange for dropping his primary challenge to Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania's race for Senate.

Seven Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder demanding the Department of Justice launch a probe into whether any illegal activity took place.

A copy of the letter (pdf format) sent to USAG Holder can be found here.

It is quite possible that a felony (or more then one felony) has taken place, and it deserves investigation by a special counsel and grand jury.

[Clove]

Huffington Post? Really? Maybe we can something from MoveOn too.

[Parkbandit]

Huffington Post? Really? Maybe we can something from MoveOn too.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_1...50-503544.html

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpu...-pro-quo-.html

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...tak-job-offer/

http://www.time.com/time/politics/ar...992153,00.html

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/jo.../05/26/sestak/

It's funny.. a search of "Sestak" on NBC News turns up 2 articles regarding the race.. nothing about this story.

[Keller]

What does the Obama administration have to gain from helping Spector through the primaries?

[AnticorRifling]

Huffington Post? Really? Maybe we can something from MoveOn too.

I think you this post.

[Androidpk]

I think you this post.

I think you this post too.

[Clove]

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_1...50-503544.html

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpu...-pro-quo-.html

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...tak-job-offer/

http://www.time.com/time/politics/ar...992153,00.html

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/jo.../05/26/sestak/

It's funny.. a search of "Sestak" on NBC News turns up 2 articles regarding the race.. nothing about this story.

Boy you sure pwned me. Funny he could have used a better source and didn't but that wasn't my point. I mean it isn't like I suggested he use an equally biased source from the utter opposite side of the political spectrum or anything.

[radamanthys]

OMG I accidentally your whole post.

Sorry. :-(

[Parkbandit]

What does the Obama administration have to gain from helping Spector through the primaries?

There was probably some deal made with Spector when he "defected" to the Dems that Obama has to support him through the primaries.

These sort of backroom deals are made all the time.. difference is the "recipient" isn't usually pissed as hell like Sestak seems.

I think the important thing is Arlen Spector can now retire. I never understood why people liked him.. Republican or Democrat. The guy's values are completely based upon the polling data and who's in power.

[Parkbandit]

Boy you sure pwned me. Funny he could have used a better source and didn't but that wasn't my point. I mean it isn't like I suggested he use an equally biased source from the utter opposite side of the political spectrum or anything.

In this case, the source was meaningless because you could find out about it from sources across the political spectrum.

And the Huffington Post isn't a conservative blog... so not sure how moveon.org would be the opposite.