Obama Picks a Chicago Political Nepotistic Rich Guy At Random For Chief of Staff

Daley is a reflection, not a cause
AP Few things interest me less at this point than royal court personnel changes.  I actually agree with the pro-Obama/Democratic-Party-loyal commentators who insist it doesn't much matter who becomes White House Chief of Staff because it's Obama who drives administration policy.  Obama didn't do what he did in the first two years because Rahm Emanuel was his Chief of Staff.  That view has the causation reversed:  he chose Emanuel for that position because that's who Ob...

Report: Baghdad Bob Forced Out by Obamas New Chief of Staff William Daley
It’s being reported by John King on CNN right now that Gibbs wanted to be a presidential counsellor - something he’s beenputting about for quite a while - but William Daley, the new Chief of Staff, nixed this because he believed that too many cooks would spoil the presidential broth. So that’s why Gibbs is out. Additionally, King reports that Valerie Jarrett, whose sole qualification to being a senior counsellor seems to be that she’s a long-time Chicago ...

Meet the New Boss: William Daley is Obama Chief of Staff
WASHINGTON — Overhauling his team at the top, President Barack Obama on Thursday named Banker and seasoned political fighter William Daley as his new Chief of Staff, hoping to rejuvenate both a White House storming into re-election mode and an economy still gasping for help. The choice of Daley immediately brought howls of Protest from the left flank of the Democratic Party, where advocates questioned his insider ties to Wall Street. Centrists, business leaders and Republican lawmakers r...

The New Obama Team Will Get Things Done
The New Obama Team Will Get Things Done Friday, 01/7/2011 - 11:25 am by Bo Cutter | One Comment Shaping the future with today’s choices. With the appointment of Gene Sperling as the new head of the National Economic Council (NEC), President Obama has completely changed up his original White House team. A new NEC head; new OMB Director; new National Security Advisor; new Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors; and, above all, new Chief of Staff. In typical Obama style, it was done with no...

Business community lauds Obama's new chief of staff
Moderate Democrats and the business community on Thursday hailed President Obama's choice of banking executive William Daley as his next Chief of Staff while some progressive Activists balked at the return of a Centrist Washington Veteran whom they warned would alienate Mr. Obama's left flank ahead of 2012. In a brief East Room announcement, Mr. Obama described Mr. Daley, who served as commerce secretary under President Clinton, as "an experienced public servant, a devoted patriot." "Few America...

Obama Names Daley as New Chief of Staff
President Barack Obama named former Commerce Secretary William Daley as his new Chief of Staff Thursday. Pete Rouse, who has been filling in Obama’s Chief of Staff since Rahm Emanuel left in the fall, is being elevated to a counselor to the president, a White House aide confirmed. Obama will formally announce the staff changes at 2:30 p.m. Daley is the brother of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, whom Emanuel is now running to replace. The pick immediately angered liberal groups who say Daley i...

US: Banker William Daley elevated as Barack Obama chief of staff
President Barack Obama yesterday chose JP Morgan Chase executive William Daley to be his new White House Chief of Staff. By picking Mr Daley - a Veteran of the Clinton Administration - Mr Obama is bringing in someone who is outside his original inner circle but who has business experience at a time when fixing The Economy is the president's greatest challenge ahead of his 2012 re-election bid. Like Mr Obama, Mr Daley has his political roots in Chicago. Mr Daley is the brother of Chicago mayor ...

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Three Little Words: How Bill Daley Can Be Your Next Hero
Wall Street is widely despised by an American public that lives with the consequences of bank behavior every day. The President and the party were once widely trusted by the public to rein in the banks and save The Economy, but that reputation's been tarnished by the fact that they're now seen as overly cozy with the big financial players. And who can forget those visitor logs that showed just how entwined the Administration and the big banks had become? The choice of a JPMorgan Chase exec to...

Daley brings business and political smarts to job
With decades of political and business experience, newly named White House Chief of Staff William Daley is solidly positioned to help President Barack Obama navigate the troubled waters of divided government and prepare for the 2012 presidential race. A Democratic Centrist, Daley can serve as a liaison to business in a White House that has faced criticism from some as being anti-business. A former commerce secretary and banking powerhouse, he can also give Obama real-world advice on economic mat...

William Daley: Obama's Bridge to GOP, Business, Democrat base
WASHINGTON -- When former Commerce Secretary William Daley takes over as fellow Chicagoan President Obama's Chief of Staff in a few weeks, he brings a resume unique in American politics and government to an administration trying to regain its footing and launch Obama's 2012 re-election campaign. Daley, 62, the son and brother of Chicago mayors, is taking on an assignment that may well cap his career giving him an opportunity to help Obama repair relations with the business community while at t...

Banker tapped as chief of staff
President Barack Obama addresses reporters Thursday in the White House after announcing that William Daley, right, is new Chief of Staff. He is the brother of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley. (Doug Mills, The New York Times ) WASHINGTON — Overhauling his team at the top, President Barack Obama on Thursday named Banker and seasoned political fighter William Daley as his new chief of staff, hoping to rejuvenate both a White House storming into re-election mode and an economy still gasping for he...

Americans Blame Wall Street Bankers, Obama Picks Banker as Top Advisor
According to the exit polling from the 2010 election a plurality of voters — 35 percent —  felt Wall Street Bankers were most to blame for our current economic problems. Only 29 percent thought George W. Bush was most to blame and only 24 percent thought that of Barack Obama Blaming the Wall Street Bankers was clearly the “Centrist” position. Not surprisingly voters who blamed either president broke along partisan lines. Those who thought Wall Street was to blame leane...

Americans Blame Wall Street Bankers, Obama Picks Banker as Top Advisor
SEIU rally in Chicago against the "Banksters." (photo: Kate Thomas-SEIU via Flickr) According to the exit polling from the 2010 election a plurality of voters — 35 percent —  felt Wall Street Bankers were most to blame for our current economic problems. Only 29 percent thought George W. Bush was most to blame and only 24 percent thought that of Barack Obama Blaming the Wall Street Bankers was clearly the “Centrist” position. Not surprisingly voters who blamed...

New White House Team Supports Obama's Pragmatic Approach
This post originally appeared on Slate. (Credit: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Last spring, when President Obama was considering whether to fire Gen. Stanley McChrystal, his top Afghanistan commander, some wondered whether the president really believed in the underlying Counterinsurgency strategy that McChrystal was pursuing. Those questions were answered emphatically when Obama picked Gen. David Petraeus, who co-authored of the manual outlining the strategy. The president has done a similar thing...

Daley To Fill Rahms Chief of Staff Role in Obama White House
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Obama should beware Reagan myths
With all of the coverage of President Obama's staffing changes, it's worth noting that he's also been reading and soliciting outside advice as he prepares for the second half of his term. In particular, he's signalled that he's reviewing Ronald Reagan's presidency by reading a biography of Reagan and meeting with Ken Duberstein, Reagan's former Chief of Staff. But is Obama getting an accurate picture? As an example, consider this account of Reagan's presidency from Duberstein, who presumably ...

William Daley brings business and political smarts to job
WASHINGTON — With decades of political and business experience, newly named White House Chief of Staff William Daley is solidly positioned to help President Barack Obama navigate the troubled waters of divided government and prepare for the 2012 presidential race. A Democratic Centrist, Daley can serve as a liaison to business in a White House that has faced criticism from some as being anti-business. A former commerce secretary and banking powerhouse, he can also give Obama real-world adv...

So, what did all those union dues really buy? Obama chooses Wall St. over Main St.
Wasn’t the Obama Presidency supposed to be all about putting Main St. ahead of Wall St? Wasn’t “Hope” and “Change You Can Believe In” all about stopping those Wall St. “fat cats?” Didn’t union bosses convince their members that this time it would be different? Well, they got what they paid for…for a while (December 13, 2009): President Obama has ratcheted up his Rhetoric against Wall Street just as some of the nation’s top banke...

Zeke Emanuel leaves White House
Add health policy adviser Ezekiel Emanuel to this week's list of White House departures. Emanuel, the special health policy adviser to the Office of Management and Budget, left the White House earlier this week to return to his job at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Kaiser Health News reported Thursday. Emanuel was on loan to the Obama Administration from NIH for the design phase of the Healthcare Reform Legislation. It is no surprise that Emanuel is leaving now, Joe Antos, a health...

Obama Appoints Ultimate Wall Street Insiders to Top Posts Again
Washington’s Blog strives to provide real-time, well-researched and actionable information.  George - the head writer at Washington’s Blog - is a busy professional and a former adjunct Professor. ~~~ Obama is replacing his chief economic adviser - Larry Summers - with Gene Sperling. Sperling is currently a counselor to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, and is now being appointed as Obama’s chief economic adviser. He’s been there before: Sperling will

Updating the Nope, No Pattern Here list for 2011 what instances of Muslim violence against the West are missing?
Updating the “Nope, No Pattern Here” list for 2011 — what instances of Muslim violence against the West are missing? The "misunderstood CAIR Bears of Islam" strike again! A week before the November 2010 Midterm Elections I was asked to appear on various TV and radio shows and was interviewed for assorted print publications because I write daily on politics and HillBuzz.org has carved its own particular niche in the world to drive the Left crazy in our own particular w...

On Gate-Keepers and Pragmatists
At the beginning of Obama’s term, when he talked about governing as a pragmatist, I perhaps foolishly believed he meant not pragmatism as DC understands it-as a principle-less squishy middle-but as the Pragmatist school of philosophers would mean it-as someone fundamentally open to and respectful of the ideas and viewpoints of all. Mind you, it was clear that his top advisors-especially David Axelrod-used the word pragmatist in the tired old DC way. But out ...

Obama Picks William Daley for Chief of Staff
President Barack Obama has announced that William Daley will be the new White House Chief of Staff. Daley served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce during Bill Clinton’s Second Term and is the brother of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley. Pete Rouse has filled the position since October, when Obama's first Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, resigned to run for mayor of Chicago. Follow the money in Congress. Check out a roundup of this month's best political cartoons. ...

Spahn Named Patty Murray's New Chief of Staff
Sen. Patty Murray has decided to promote her leadership staff director, Mike Spahn, to be her new overall Chief of Staff upon the departure of current chief Jeff Bjornstad. Not a Subscriber? To continue reading, sign up for a free trial. Speaker John Boehner (right) and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor arrive on Jan. 6 for their first joint news conference in the Capitol since Republicans took control of the House. They addressed issues such as the National Debt and their plan to Repeal the h...

Chicago style! Bill Daley brother of corrupt mayor Dick Daley becomes Obamas Chief of Staff
Chicago style! Bill Daley brother of corrupt mayor Dick Daley becomes Obama’s Chief of Staff You can take Obama out of Chicago, but you can’t take the Chicago out of Obama. Not only is William Daley the brother of retiring corrupt Chicago Mayor Dick Daley, he is also a Fat Cat Wall Street Banker, the exactly thing the Left Wing and Obama proclaim to hate. Daley, was a banking executive with JPMorgan Chase before becoming Chief of Staff today. So yet again Obama and his progressive ...