There is, without a doubt, a major scandal hidden in the news that the White House suggested to both Joe Sestak and Andrew Romanoff that the administration might be able to help them find jobs if they didn't run for Senate in Pennsylvania and Colorado. But it's not the scandal cable news anchors and blaring headlines would have you believe.
Ignore Republicans, like Rep. Darrell Issa, who want you to think there's been some nefarious violation of the law here. After all, there's no indication any actual promises of jobs were made -- which means even former Bush administration officials are saying there doesn't seem to be any evidence of any crime. (And Romanoff had already applied online for jobs with the administration when deputy White House chief of staff Jim Messina contacted him to discuss options.) What the disclosures about Sestak and Romanoff really show is that the White House political machine isn't doing its job very well.
