Kickbacks galore this morning! Republicans are smelling blood in Pennsylvania in 2010, where a Senate primary battle is raging between Democrats Arlen Specter and Joe Sestak. Arlen Specter is the incumbent and former Republican who White House operatives lured to the Democrat side after it looked like he might lose the GOP primary. Specter is now facing a less dangerous, but still potent, primary threat from the Democrat Sestak.
That's not going to sit well with Obama, who wants to control the political landscape. According to Sestak, the White House offered him a high-ranking job if he dropped his challenge to Specter. Sestak refused to name the job specifically, but many believe it was Secretary of the Navy. You do this for us and we'll make sure we take care of you. Since Sestak revealed the noxious bribe, Robert Gibbs has twice refused to deny that what Sestak said was true. An anonymous White House official "vociferously" denied Sestak's claim to the Philadelphia Inquirer, but it's easy to lie when you don't put your name to it.
Sestak should watch himself. This White House doesn't usually ask nicely. Just look at what happened to Harold Ford in New York today, "bullied" out of the race by Democratic henchmen. Then again, Sestak probably doesn't scare easily. He's a highly decorated former vice admiral and tenacious congressman. Obama may have picked a fight with the wrong guy.
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