Tag: william daley

#rsrh Bill Daley out as White House Chief of Staff.

And by ‘out’ I mean ‘diving out a window:’ the LA Times reports that the news was unexpected and that the President gave Daley a day to think over his resignation.  But apparently Daley wants… to spend more time with his family. He’s to be replaced with OMB Director Jacob Lew.

Two thoughts on this:

  1. Yeah, I’m also wondering what the scandal is, when it’s going to hit, and how much of an impact crater that it’s going to make.  Mind you, I don’t know if any of that is going to splash on Daley.
  2. This makes four Chiefs of Staff in three years.  That ties Barack Obama with Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan, both of whom had two terms.   I’m starting to get the impression that the Obama White House is not institutionally healthy.

 

#rsrh Daley shows Obama’s… fears?

So… William Daley didn’t like Obamacare, didn’t like Dodd-Frank, and he’s heavily pro-NAFTA and pro-business.

I think that I may agree with Jen Rubin: maybe he’d like a job as a Republican President’s Chief of Staff?  There may be a job opening in 2013*.  That he’s even being considered in the job in the first place by a Democrat is a pretty powerful hint about how we’re doing right now.  Remember: it’s not what the politicians say, it’s what they do.  And right now it looks like what at least one Democratic politician is doing right now is trying to keep from breaking out in fear-sweats.

Moe Lane

*Snark aside, the abortion issue would probably sink that; Daley’s been a little too public on that subject.