Prof. Painter Quoted in NY Post Editorial
"Richard Painter, who served as President George W. Bush's ethics counsel, has been a crusader for closing the political-affairs office and barring partisan political activity in the White House," states Kirsten Powers, in a New York Post article. She continues, "In recent days, Obama defenders have selectively quoted Painter as saying, the White House didn't violate any laws in the Sestak/Romanoff affairs. What they leave out is that he also thinks the behavior was unseemly and that, as White House counsel, he would've advised against the outreach, precisely because of the controversy that erupted."