New Pecking Order in the White House (& why Gibbs is out)

[kpete]

New Pecking Order in the White House
First Read: "Bottom line on the new White House staff shuffle: It's Daley and David Plouffe -- and then everyone else. Indeed, it will be much more top-down than the previous regime. By the way, it's Plouffe -- and not Daley -- who will lead the search for a new White House press secretary; Daley will have input, but the communications aspect of the White House falls under Plouffe and he'll have the biggest say."
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/01/07/5784466-first-thoughts-unemployment-rate-drops

Meanwhile, Toby Harnden reports press secretary Robert Gibbs "wanted to be a presidential counselor -- something he's been putting 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."
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyharnden/100070830/robert-gibbs-was-forced-out-by-william-daley/

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/01/07/new_pecking_order_in_the_white_house.html

[elocs]

1. So, is Obama still at the top of the pecking order?

:shrug:

[Clio the Leo]

2. Calling complete and total BS on that one....

.... while it may be true that Daly may have not liked the idea of Gibbs staying on IN the admin as an advisor, the idea that HE was able to FORCE Gibbs out is total BS.

[Clio the Leo]

3. And Daley is denying it...

http://bit.ly/fwWwad

[frazzled]

4. Gibbs is going to be working on the re-election campaign.

Plus, no modern press secretary has lasted for more than about 2 years -- the stress is enormous.

Why would you believe something written in a conservative UK newspaper? It's the house organ of UK Conservos.