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Romanoff Pledges Cooperation With Issa Jobsgate Probe

By Jeffrey Lord on 7.22.10 @ 6:08AM

Appearing on Denver talk show, Senate candidate moves Jobsgate story forward.

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Romanoff said he had no idea how the job offers were generated. Which translates: we don't know whether outgoing Democratic Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, who had appointed Bennet, was the instigator of the Colorado version of Jobsgate. Was it Governor Ritter who got Messina to make the job offers to Romanoff? Or did the idea originate in the White House.

Mr. Romanoff had a "don't know" answer for that.

He clearly wanted to talk about other issues -- anything, I'm sure -- other than Jobsgate. He said he didn't believe Denver was being run as a "Sanctuary City" -- a charge being made repeatedly against Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, who is running for the Democrats' nomination for governor. Romanoff, as with Sestak in Pennsylvania, insisted that the real issue was jobs and that Coloradans wanted to talk about how he would help create jobs.

I took the opportunity to point out that credibility was a basic issue with Americans all over the country. Noting with humor that I had early on in life served as press secretary to a U.S. Senator, it had amazed me that he, Romanoff, thought he could simply not answer questions on the Jobsgate issue and not have people be concerned about the basic issue of his being forthcoming on any issue. His answer? Romanoff quickly said if he wins he might offer me a job.

A job? A job for a favor?

Uh-oh. Isn't that where we started? Touché to Mr. Romanoff.

The show went into the usual commercial break.

Suddenly I heard Peter Boyles' voice coming through the line off-air.

It seems Mr. Romanoff had enough. He had just told the Boyles producer he wasn't staying on the line. And with that…interview over.

Ahhh well.

Here's to you, Andrew Romanoff. Koo-koo ka-chew, as Simon and Garfunkel used to say.

Thanks for talking. Thanks for answering an important question.

And Congressman Issa?

Mr. Romanoff is happy to cooperate with you. Peter Boyles has the tape.

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Jeffrey Lord is a former Reagan White House political director and author. He writes from Pennsylvania at jlpa1@aol.com.

Letter to the Editor View all comments (6) | Leave a comment

Carol| 7.22.10 @ 6:59AM

Darn it - I listen to Peter sometimes in the morning but not yesterday.

First off - forget about Holder going after legitimate cases of bribery against his, oops, I mean Obama's White House.

If Romanoff becomes a Senator under Obama, he'll change his mind about talking.

But Issa, an honorable man, will press on and these Jobsgate stories are not going away.

Soljerblue| 7.22.10 @ 11:36PM

Boyles should get that tape to a safe deposit box in a secret location and guard it 24/7. If Romanoff wins a Senate seat, which -- hopefully -- he won't, that little "of course" could come back to haunt him, and the WH right about the time Obamao's 2012 campaign is really rolling in high gear. I hope Issa's the bulldog I think he is, and if the GOP takes over the House in 2011, he'll be even more fun to watch.

Clinton nee Publius| 7.22.10 @ 11:43AM

The layers of this rotted and corrupted onion continue to be slowly peeled back so that the stench can continue to linger and damage everything they touch.

David| 7.22.10 @ 2:02PM

Nothing is going to happen to anyone. When is the last time you heard anything about the Sestak job offer? It just ain't gonna happen. It never does when dems are involved. Holder and Bam Bam can dismiss a case against the black panthers for voter intimidation; Bam Bam and his family can sit in a racist so-called church for almost 20 years; Bam Bam can say a white cop acted stupidly, etc.

Then a couple of years ago a liberal plant follows around George Allen, the frontrunner for the repub presidential nomination, Allen refers to him one time as Macaca and his entire flippin' presidential aspirations are gone and he lost his senate seat.

The dems are never made to pay a price, no matter how egregious or illegal their actions.

MOS was 71331| 7.22.10 @ 5:21PM

If 0bama want some Democrat pol to be the Czar of something or other, at least Romanoff has the right name for the job. Who knows? Perhaps he's somewhere in the Romanoff line of succession.

Purpleguy| 7.24.10 @ 6:59PM

Apparently, this little screed wasn't very interesting, evidenced by the lack of commenters - and I agree, it's a red herring in search of a home. As if politics isn't the art of dealmaking, please.