Posted on 01/05/2011 7:14:52 AM PST by kristinn
Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary and close confidante to President Obama, said Wednesday that he will step down and become an outside political adviser to the president and his re-election campaign.
M. Gibbs said that he intends to leave the podium in early February. His successor has not yet been decided, he said, but will likely be announced within the next two weeks.
The departure of Mr. Gibbs is the first in a series of moves inside the West Wing as the president prepares for a new phase of his administration. The internal shuffling also could bring a new White House chief of staff, a decision the president is expected to make by week’s end, with an announcement as early as next week.
SNIP
Mr. Gibbs will remain part of the president’s inner circle of political advisers, along with David Axelrod, a senior adviser and Jim Messina, a deputy chief of staff, who also are leaving the White House to focus on the president’s re-election effort. Mr. Gibbs will defend Mr. Obama on television – and will expand his presence on Twitter and other Internet platforms – as well as beginning to define the field of 2012 Republican presidential candidates.
“Stepping back will take some adjusting,” Mr. Gibbs said in an interview Wednesday morning. “But at the same time, I have a feeling that I will keep myself quite busy, not just with speaking, but continuing to help the president.”
He said he has no intention of establishing a political consulting or lobbying business, but he intends to work from the same downtown Washington office where David Plouffe has spent the last two years. Mr. Plouffe, who was Mr. Obama’s campaign manager, will move to the White House and work as a senior adviser to the president.
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Secretary Gibbs is rumored to be in contention for the position of CEO at SmugStammeringBuffoonsRus.
An anonymous spokesman for the company claims it’s a perfect fit.
Uuuuhhh, uuuuuuuh, uuh, uuhhhhhhhhh.
According to a report submitted to Congress, top-level staff members of the Obama White House earn the same amount as their predecessors in the Bush administration. The report, which a 1994 law requires be submitted annually to Senate and House oversight committees, shows that the White House's personal list shows 487 employees. Among these staffers is Robert Gibbs, who earns the salary cap of $172,200.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_will_Press_Secretary_Robert_Gibbs_salary_be
I agree. Alan Grayson is the man for the job.
This White House staff has 487 employees. How many have been employed by other presidents?
...rumored to be replaced by William Jefferson Clinton
“Now Gibbs can get on with his life’s work as a Denny’s shift manager”
ROFLMAO!!
Or ... Keith Olbermann ... or Rachel Maddow ... or Ed Schultz ...
Again?
Well, today is the twelfth day of Christmas!
Any speculation as to his replacement?
Why the Denny’s shift manager smack-down? It’s honest and necessary work.
Thank goodness! The man had the look of a weasel from Day 1 and I hated to hear his lies on a daily basis.
He's not gone, just out of sight. He along with other 'departees' will be working on Obama's reelection.
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