The Weekly Standard’s Matthew Continetti, on Valerie Jarrett, Obama crony:
Many have wondered—and the Washington Post asked last year—“What, exactly, does Valerie Jarrett do?” No one has a clear answer. Whatever she does, the U.S. taxpayer pays her $172,200 a year to do it.
Or perhaps it’s:
One might liken her to Don Corleone’s consigliere Tom Hagen, bedecked in a designer shawl, except Hagen gave better advice.
Or maybe it’s even this:
The House is lost, Obama’s reelection looks dicey, but Jarrett is flying high. In one sense she is the most successful Obama courtier of them all: She has outlasted her rivals.
Heck, just read the whole thing. But one thing I’ll note: contra Matthew, from my partisan hackish point of view Valerie Jarrett is doing just fine.
I wondered why they just didn’t give her the CoS position already, since it seems she’s driven three out so far….
Or is it four?
The position gets some additional scrutiny, Jeff. Cockroaches don’t like sunlight.
Mew
I like $172.2K for apparently doing nothing!