KillswitchPolitick -- Nescience ends here: Arlen Specter

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

The Sestak scandal grows
More questions raised about an alleged White House quid-pro-quo

WASHINGTON, DC—In a memo released by the White House in regard to the allegation that a job offer was made in exchange for dropping out of a senate race to Congressman Joe Sestak by the White House, the administration stated the job offer was for an unpaid position and therefore, no illegal actions were committed.

The latest news is the offer was made to Congressman Sestak by former President Bill Clinton to sit on the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board in exchange for dropping out of the senatorial primary race against Arlen Specter.

As Bryon York pointed out in a piece in the Washington Examiner, Sestak being a current member of Congress could not sit on the presidential advisory board as it violates the board’s rules. And there are questions being raised about Bill Clinton’s level of authorization as well as scrutiny of violating 18 USC 600.

Inside the beltway deals like this occur on a regular basis in Washington, but Sestak broke the cardinal rule of don’t ask don’t tell. In his ambition to pursue a senate seat, he let the cat out of the bag. While there are calls for an official investigation on both sides, partisanship will prevail over the rule of law and come November, this may be a distant memory. If it does not wane, the economy, oil spill and immigration belligerents plaguing the democrat party will be irritated further and voters will not be kind.

-- Owen E. Richason IV

Chief Editor, Killswitch Politick

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Crist loses his lead; primaries seen as a foreteller of November
Polls aren’t favorable for rhinos, spendthrift republicans, or liberals

WASHINGTON, DC—Appearing of FOX News, Charles Krauthammer said about Tuesday's primary elections, "I think what is more likely is that it's basically anti-big government, anti-Obama, anti-the left wing agenda. It's not so much anti-incumbent. That's an element of it. But I think the major element of this campaign is the pressure from the right."

What do Blanche Lincoln, Arlen Specter, Charlie Crist, and Harry Reid all have in common? Certainly not party affiliation, but each did endorse Barack Obama’s agenda. The infamous hug Crist and Obama shared over the stimulus package was the catalyst for the Florida Governor’s primary woes against Marco Rubio who again leads the three way senate race over Crist and democrat candidate Kendrick Meek 39, 31, to 18 percent respectively.

What’s more is a prediction by the Director of University of Virginia’s Center for Politics Larry Sabato who sees the GOP gaining seven senate seats and twenty-seven house seats in November given the fiscal irresponsibility of the democrat majority in Washington.

Of course, there have already been three major republican victories in Virginia, New Jersey, and Massachusetts and each was predicated on opposing and defeating the Obama agenda. With the jobless rate remaining close to 10 percent and continued terrorist attack attempts, that pattern is not likely to change.