In a story on the Jetton-Kinder ethics showdown [1], Rosenbaum writes...

Barklage noted that Kinder never agreed to hire Jetton and had had no idea whether he would have. A spokesman for Kinder said the first-term lawmaker would not have hired Jetton.

Ouch! From statewide elected office to freshman legislator in the space of one sentence.  Of course, we should be so lucky.­