As I’ve posted before, just hope they didn’t hire him to stifle him (Sarah Palin).
I don’t think they’ll stifle him, or even be able to.
The tides are slowly, gently turning for Obama, and increasingly, voices like West’s are seen as “acceptable”, not to mention commonsensical.
It’s a good new job for him, and possibly a springboard for
re-entering politics when the time is right (sooner rather than later)