Did Obama try to pick off ANOTHER NY Republican?

Politico is reporting this morning (I know, I know – pretty heavy lean on Politico today…) that the Obama Administration may have tried to recruit NY Rep. Peter King to serve as ambassador to Ireland.

“I’ve had conversations with [White House chief of staff Rahm] Emanuel, and I’ve had conversations with the president,” King told POLITICO. “But those conversations are private.”

The report follows the Obama administration’s June 2 nomination of Rep. John McHugh (R-N.Y.) to serve as secretary of the Army. McHugh and King are two of the three remaining Republican congressmen in the 29-member New York House delegation.

Dang. I thought Obama was an environmentalist. Doesn’t he realize that New York’s House Republicans are an endangered species?

Here’s another interesting tidbit from the Politico coverage: King has written three novels about Ireland.

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