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WH Official Who 'Warned' Woodward Was...an Economic Adviser?

RodT Wrote: Feb 28, 2013 10:21 AM
Well I guess the good news is that the messiah didn’t come after Woodward. In fact we should get the word today that Barry had no idea that happened, he loves Woodward. Like everything else that blows up in their face, it wasn’t our messiah’s fault, he knows nothing and does nothing. But really? A cowed press? Has anyone seen the crowd at MSNBC beating their drum for their messiah? Cowed indeed! Complaint for sure, they live to promote their messiah.

He's not exactly one of the usual suspects--many have noted that this whole 'You're gonna regret this' line of talk befits someone like Rahm Emmanuel. But Buzzfeed reports that it was Gene Sperling who emailed Woodward saying, "I think you will regret staking out that claim." 

The email from Sperling to Woodward, which Woodward read to Politico Wednesday, has transfixed Washington, with Republicans and some in the press charging that it embodies a White House lording it over a cowed press corps.

Woodward, Politico reported, called the top official — identified to BuzzFeed as Sperling — to...

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