And for many good reasons.
In addition to everything else, there is the failed coverup of the dysfunctionality inside the White House.
The president’s official staff is coming apart at the seams.
Bill Daley quit as the chief of staff. Do you know what the political headline is? “Why Daley Had to Go.” No, the headline is: “Why Daley Had to Quit!”
This is the fourth chief of staff in three years.
The economic team has abandoned Obama.
The chief of staff in the White House is the person closest to the president.
He does all the scheduling, controls access to the guy. You want to meet him with Obama, you go through the chief of staff. At least that’s normally how it has always worked.
Unless Mrs. Obama is going to take on that role.
If this were a Republican president, do you know what the stories would be? “Why is this guy so hard to work with? What do all these wonderful employees hate about the president? Why can’t he keep his economic team intact?” They’d then be looking, “Is the first lady driving 'em off?” They’d be looking at any number of possible explanations for this. But, no, Bill Daley leaves, and The Politico: Why This [fellow] Had to Go!
Well, “scumbag” is not in the headline, but Daley quit!
He quit a year earlier than he said he would.
He said he’d see Obama through the election.
He decided over the holidays to quit, told Obama about it, Obama didn’t want him to leave, and Politico headline is: “Why Daley Had to Go”?
When you write a headline, “Why Daley Had to Go,” the implication is clear: Why he had to be gotten rid of. So that’s shoring up Obama. … it’s not sweetness and light, roses and sunshine and hunky-dory and milk and and so forth on the Obama side.
Bill Daley was brought in as a response to the Tea Party victories in the midterm. Daley was brought in because he has ties to Wall Street. That’s where he was. It’s where most Democrats are, is on Wall Street! Bill Daley was brought in because he had the ear of people on Wall Street; he was also brought in as a response to the Tea Party victories.
He was a token to show that Obama was moving to the center, but it never happened.
Obama didn’t move to the center, and so the tokenism aspect of Daley blew up.
We now know that Michelle Obama and Valerie Jarrett didn’t want a “move to the center,” and they really weren’t crazy about Bill Daley being brought in; and so now, Bill Daley, is history … out of there.
So not only can Obama not get along with members of Congress, he can’t get along with people on his own staff.
They brought Daley in to further this idea of Obama reaching across the aisle, compromise; but then there wasn’t any.
There is real trouble there, and they know it on the Obama side.
Even Donna Brazile … is the latest that let the cat out of the bag on the Obama campaign preference for Romney.
We had Donna Brazile, who let that cat out of the bag on Saturday night. George Stephanopoulos tried to rein her in.
If this were a Republican presidency the headline would be, “White House in Disarray!” Obama can’t hold onto his economic team.
They’re all gone. It’s a lot of people.
You won’t hear about it from the Main Stream Media … Austan Goolsbee, economic advisers … he was the last one … and he left:
news.firedoglake.com/2011/06/07/austan-goolsbee-leaves-cea-post/
Why Can’t This President Hold onto His Staff?
