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The top two Republican candidates for president both laid out ideas for who they’d want to serve in their cabinet in Washington Wednesday. What they probably didn’t know is that such promises could break the law.
Speaking separately to the Republican Jewish Coalition in Washington, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich each made promises about who might serve in their Cabinet if they’re elected president. But it turns out, as USA Today notes, that candidates can’t “directly or indirectly” vow to appoint someone.
That's just silly. Mitt Romney didn't even name anyone himself and even so, mentioning someone's name and promising them a position is quite different.
This is what Romney actually said,
Romney was asked if he’d consider naming Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor, his pick for attorney general so he could challenge Eric Holder — before Election Day. “The answer is yes,” Romney said, adding, “I can’t give you any names, of course.” He then praised Giuliani for making the Big Apple “a remarkable city.”
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