Posted on 11/08/2011 9:57:37 AM PST by Driftwood1
Hiring Bill Daley as chief of staff may not have been the biggest mistake of President Obama’s first term, but it was surely the most obvious one. Now he appears to be reversing it. The official line is that Daley is not being demoted, he is merely handing off more of the day-to-day responsibilities of managing the presidency to Pete Rouse. But, of course, managing the day-to-day traffic in the White House is the entire source of the chief of staff’s power. All accounts suggest Daley performed the mechanics of his job in a catastrophically bad way.
But the interesting legacy of Daley’s tenure is not his mechanical performance. It’s that he conducted an experiment based on the Washington elite view of the Obama presidency. That view, shared by business leaders, centrist pundits, and other elites, holds that Obama’s main problem has been excessive partisanship, liberalism in general, and hostility to business in particular. In December, 2009, Bill Daley wrote a Washington Post op-ed endorsing precisely this analysis. After the midterm elections, Obama – pelted by Daley-esque complaints – appointed Daley chief of staff. “His moderate views and Wall Street credentials make him an unexpected choice for a president who has railed against corporate irresponsibility,” reported the Post. Republicans like Mitch McConnell, Karl Rove, and FedEx CEO Fred Smith raved.
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More spin on why Obummer is really right pushing Socialism and that it is the people around him trying for moderation are the true enemy. Good luck with that. If you are hanging your hat on the Occupy dopes as the mood of the country, you will be in for a surprise in the upcoming election.
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It’s just another sign that his reelection campaign is going to be full-fledged hard left wing class warfare. As if that wasn’t apparent enough already.
Yeah, that's it. Those mean 'ole Republicans just wanna hurt poor Barry. Apparently it's too difficult to understand that Barry's policies are wrong.
Here is the problem: Hussein hates the Constitution.
Here is the problem: Hussein hates the Constitution.
“... Obama’s first term...”
What is this sh$t...0’s first term? There will only be ONE term!! We must stop him!!
Never forget who Daley is. He is a chicago “hanging chad” election fixer from the Daley machine. His “demotion” is cosmetic. He will now be less observed in his machinations. The electoral fraud campaign of 2012 begins with his demotion. He should be followed closely, as in, dogged by conservatives. If he doesn’t spend a call a day to Axelrod, it would be surprising.
Deviousness— the mark of obama campaign. Keep an eye on this guy. He works w/for Soros, through JPMorgan pals of his and Goldman and never forget the Soros funded Secretaries of State program to skew the election counts and contention.
The street team is “occupy” the professional ones anyway, and probably some or most of the light weight commies, CPUSA (not the radical commies— the Socialist Labor Party). These could come in handy in ramping up violence and riots just prior to election, to create atmosphere of reelection “need”.
So Valerie Jarrett won the turf war.
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