So, unless new facts come out (always a possibility), the Obama White House has little to fear — legally. Politically, it should be very concerned.

The worst case is that the Republicans win control of Congress and launch an investigation. You know the drill: no underlying crime, but you get people under oath and they say something untrue or contradictory and suddenly you have a felony, i.e. lying under oath.

The best-case scenario, which isn’t that great, is that the GOP weaves a narrative of Obama as being just another typical Washington politician…

More fodder: The revelation in Jonathan Alter’s “The Promise: President Obama, Year One” that Obama offered White House counsel Greg Craig a federal judgeship on the DC Circuit in an effort to ease him out of the White House…

Obama promised to change Washington’s culture. Instead, his White House counsel justified the White House move by pointing out that past White Houses have done Sestak-type deals, though he offered no examples.