White House Dogged by 2nd Job Offer ; Colorado Case Renews 'Politics As Usual' Call

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The White House struggled Thursday to explain a second Democratic candidate who said the administration used a potential job to coax him out of a Senate primary, saying President Obama has an interest in avoiding bloody intraparty battles.

Early in the day, the White House confirmed that Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina had talked with former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff about taking a job in the administration. Spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters later in the day that no laws had been broken.

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White House Dogged by 2nd Job Offer ; Colorado Case Renews 'Politics As Usual' Call

Less than a week after the White House acknowledged enlisting former President Bill Clinton to intervene in the Pennsylvania Democratic Senate primary, the political ramifications threatened to puncture the president's claims of changing business as usual in Washin...

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