Appearing on CNN, White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod said there was “no evidence” the White House offered retired Admiral and Pennsylvania congressman Joe Sestak’s a job to get out of the Senate primary with Arlen Specter. Here are the money quotes from Axelrod’s apperance on John King USA:
Of course, there is evidence — we have the testimony of Sestak himself, a retired Admiral and sitting U.S. congressman who has repeatedly claimed that this occurred. Further, the Denver Post ran a report that citing the Deputy White House Chief of Staff by name making similar offer to Andrew Romanoff who is challenging Democratic Senator Michael Bennet in the Colorado Senate primary.
There’s no good outcome here for the White House. Either the White House did something illegal here or their party’s Senate candidate in Pennsylvania is a delusional fabulist. But regardless, their prolonged foot-dragging here only appears to be making things worse. Video of Axelrod’s appearence on John King’s CNN program below:
