Romanoff now refuses to answer questions about whether he was, in fact, offered a job. In fact, Romanoff refuses even to offer an explanation for why he won’t answer the question. And yet, like Obama, Romanoff’s campaign theme has been to run against the Washington way of doing things.
We don’t know what to make of all the secrecy. Without an explanation, voters are left to wonder who to believe. And if Obama doesn’t mind the position in which that places Romanoff, he ought to care about where it places him.
For his part, Romanoff appears to have done nothing wrong. Since he wasn’t yet a candidate, it’s unlikely the line between typical political deal-making and a crime was crossed.
The White House has offered an accounting of Sestak’s job offer, albeit an explanation with some holes in it. And while there was more smoke in the Sestak case, Coloradans deserve some sort of explanation as well.
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