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"NBC can now confirm, stuff that has been whispered about for the past couple of weeks, that Bill Clinton was the person that talked to Sestak sometime last summer.  All this was at the urging of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.  Clinton was dispatched to find out what Sestak wanted, what his plans were, and nobody at the White House knows a hundred percent for sure, what Clinton said to Sestak nor in fact what Sestak might have heard." (MSNBC)

It's being called Sestak-Gate.  Did the White House break the law in offering Joe Sestak a job somewhere else in Washington, if he wouldn't run against Arlen Specter for Senate?  Sestak has since defeated Specter, and has spoken plainly about the offer.

We're analyzing the most recent revelations in the case from MSNBC, The Washington Post, CBS, HotAir and Volokh.com.

First, The Washington Post notes an internal investigation by White House Council Bob Bauer found no wrong-doing, but that hasn't appeased the GOP, which wants a special prosecutor appointed.

"Contrary to allegations by many conservative pundits, Bauer found that Sestak had not been offered the position of secretary of the Navy."

Sestak himself made the rounds of the Sunday talk shows.  He says, not to be vindictive, but to stand on principle of telling the truth.  He told CBS' Bob Schiefer, there should be more of that in Washington.

SCHIEFER: "Can you tell us what job?"

REP. SESTAK: "No, Bob. And then I said at the time, anything beyond that just gets into politics.  And actually, that's what I think is failing Washington, D.C.  Principle doesn't seem to triumph over politics.  When people come here, and be willing to lose their job over doing what they said they would do."

Conservative blogger Jonathan Alter says, the adminstration has protested too much about doing nothing wrong.

"Oddly, the president insists that 'nothing improper' happened, but is unable (or unwilling) to provide the details — details he should have at his command if he is in a position to assure the press that 'nothing improper' occurred. This sort of thing only strengthens Senate Republicans’ demand for a special prosecutor."

And while it appears, there might have been nothing illegal about what the former president did, Allahpundit from Hot Air says, it's still dirty.

"Handing Sestak a briefcase full of money to get out of the race would be indictment-worthy, but handing him the same cash in the form of a paycheck plus the prestige that comes with the title of secretary of the Navy is just good ol' horse trading."

So what do you think of these new revelations?  Surprised?  Or is this just more salacious than it is  scandalous?

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