Romanoff Details White House Job Talks

SPECIFIC POSITIONS DANGLED BY WHITE HOUSE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF TO CLEAR FIELD FOR BENNET. Colorado Senate candidate releases tick tock of talks with administration. Three jobs offered: USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator for Latin America and Caribbean, USAID Office of Democracy and Governance Director or U.S. Trade and Development Agency Director. Read "help wanted/offered" job descriptions here. HALPERIN'S TAKE: This case seems potentially more serious than the Sestak matter for at least three reasons: the dangler was a government official and not a private citizen/intermediary; the jobs dangled were paid positions (unlike the unpaid advisory slot dangled to Sestak); and Romanoff is not obviously as qualified for these jobs as Sestak was for the position discussed with him.