Do you approve of Obama's choice of William Daley as the next White House Chief of Staff?

[Cali_Democrat]

Poll question: Do you approve of Obama's choice of William Daley as the next White House Chief of Staff?

For those of you who don't know, William Daley is currently serving on the Executive Committee of J.P. Morgan Chase.

He's a bankster.

[Toucano]

1. What? No "HELL NO" option?

Typical!







;-)

[gateley]

2. I'm not going to judge him because he's affiliated w/J.P. Morgan although I'm

tempted to. There's more to him that that position, though, and I don't know enough to vote a strong Yes or No. So, :shrug:

[rurallib]

4. I am right where you are. But for goodness sake

are there no liberals that Obama can appoint to anything? It is like we do not exist.

[vi5]

11. Shit, at this point....

I'd except him appointing someone to something who just doesn't have blatant wall street/bank ties.

And no, I'm sorry, appointing Warren to maybe, sort of interim, as unofficial-as-can-be-so-as-to-not-piss-off-republicans, maybe slightly economic consumer director of something or other does not count.

[gateley]

19. Agree - there are SO MANY good liberals for each of the positions where he's

installed the bankers/insiders/Bush people. I honestly don't get it.

[OKNancy]

17. He was Al Gore's campaign manager.. a few points for that

in my book anyway.

[gateley]

20. I didn't know that. I think that says SOMEthing. :-) nt

[OKNancy]

28. Gore said he would have won if he had Daley on sooner

He also advised Kerry's campaign.

Long Bio from 2005 here:
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/February-2005/Brother-Bill-A-Look-at-William-Daley/index.php?cparticle=1&siarticle=0#artanc

[gateley]

33. Thanks! Many here are dissing him and I'm so tired of feeling like there's no light

so this makes me somewhat hopeful. A much better feeling to harbor! Somebody also said Howard Dean said he was a very good choice, and I trust Dean, too. Going to read this now. Thanks again! :hi:

[eilen]

53. 2 Unsuccessful campaigns. How is that good? nt

[walldude]

27. Al Gore LOST!!!!

And much of the loss was attributed to his handlers. By Gore himself.

[theaocp]

34. Gore also picked Lieberman as VP candidate.

You say tomaytoe and I say tomahtoe. :)

[DrDan]

42. did he really? or was he selected for him? I always wondered about how he actually got that spot.

[EFerrari]

39. Looks like he was one of the people telling Gore to give up:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x127680

[Swamp Rat]

60. BAM!!

:yourock:

[walldude]

26. Sure is, he was the chairman of the NAFTA taks force committee

also on the board of Boeing and Bank One. You tell me, should a member of the board of a military contractor be White House Chief Of Staff? Oh wait they're Democrats they won't do anything wrong :eyes:

[Caliman73]

59. How about a NO for his work on NAFTA?

He was special counsel advising Clinton on that. How about NO because he is from the Daley crony clan that runs Chicago?

I wouldn't fault him for any one thing, but take them all together and this guy is a corporatist who is going to steer Obama into making more and more concessions to big business at the expense of the middle class.

[Ozymanithrax]

3. Let's see what kind of job he does first. n/t

[gateley]

23. Exactly. nt

[SidDithers]

45. Pshaw!...

DU doesn't do wait and see.

Sid

[FSogol]

5. Howard Dean thinks he's a good choice. Shouldn't Obama pick who he wants?

:shrug:

[Toucano]

8. From all indications, he has picked who he wants.

Who he wants is the problem.


- Captain Obvious

[Better Believe It]

13. I disagree with Howard Dean on this one. Yes, Obama is free to pick a Wall Streeter if he's more

comfortable with someone from that class.

[lillypaddle]

25. My understanding is that Daley is NOT a Wallstreeter

He's a banker. Believe it or not, there's a difference. And he has strong union ties.

[Better Believe It]

32. So he's bankster. Or was he a teller? Thanks for the correction.

He has strong union ties? For how long has he been trying to tie unions down?

:)

[theaocp]

35. At least since NAFTA, heya? n/t

[lillypaddle]

37. You make me feel so small

I think I love you.

[eilen]

54. Tying them down and smothering them maybe.

Starving them of members.

Head of the NAFTA committee = Corporate Whore of the highest level.

[Jakes Progress]

18. Read the "endorsement". It was more

of a slap at rahm than praise for Daley.

[lillypaddle]

21. Absolutely agree

Hell, I guess he should have taken a poll here at DU. :sarcasm:

There seems to be a number of good reasons Pres. Obama chose him - I think I'll give him a chance. OMG! Can you imagine???? "Give him a chance."

[FSogol]

24. +1. n/t

[fascisthunter]

44. as if we had power to stop him from picking another corporate whore

[vi5]

6. Once again, he makes a decision...

based on trying to get people who will never like him, to like him.

But I guess he's so far beyond even trying to win over people like me, and I guess I'm done holding out hope for it.

[bobthedrummer]

7. No, I don't. ..Chicago, Chicago that big bankster's town, Chicago, Chicago it's all around!

Btw, I'm a Packers fan for life...

[ecstatic]

9. It's not my business

ETA, if I were hiring a personal assistant, I wouldn't want strangers dictating to me who I should and should not hire. The choice would need to be mine, 100%.

[Brickbat]

10. I have to say I think the whole "oh, let's wait and see how it turns out" idea cracks me up. What,

he's going to totally reverse the administration's attitude, which was made very clear over the past two years? Um, NO.

[Little Star]

16. We've seen plenty already. n/t

[Brickbat]

22. Exactly.

[walldude]

29. It's amazing to watch.

Spin it any way possible...

[Angry Dragon]

12. I voted I do not know

I have a wait and see attitude about this. Reservations

I will wait and see what he says and does

[Little Star]

14. Nope....

He's from J.P. Morgan Chase & Chicago. Right there it's a no go for me.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

15. Birds of a feather...Obama, Daley, J.P. Morgan Chase.

[Lucian]

30. Hell no.

The last thing we need is another corporate stooge in a position of power in Washington.

[GSLevel9]

31. more evidence of POTUS INC. nt

[madokie]

36. Why hell yeah

I say he can and should appoint who he wants.
More power to him.

[Recursion]

38. I'm less worried about his having worked for Morgan...

...than about his not being a good administrator (which I've heard from my Chicago friends). Chief of Staff is a position where ideology isn't as important as it is in, say, communications or policy, but if you can't manage multiple big egos (and, again, my Chicago friends say he can't) then you're going to be in trouble.

[Odin2005]

40. It proves that Obama is nothing but a Corporate suck-up,

[AngryAmish]

50. No. It just proves Obama is a machine guy.

[BobbyBoring]

41. This will be a screeching

Point for the RW noise machine. The mere mention of a Chicago Pol stirs them in to a frenzy~

[fascisthunter]

43. hell no

[SidDithers]

46. I approve because watching all the exploding heads is great entertainment..nt

Sid

[Scurrilous]

47. LOL

:thumbsup:

[lamp_shade]

48. Me too LOL.

[Cali_Democrat]

49. You're more concerned about heads exploding than policy?

Are you the least bit concerned that this choice could further the interests of the banks at the expense of the people?

[Telly Savalas]

52. Heads would explode no matter who he picked.

[eilen]

55. I'd rather see Right Wing heads explode

Obama's little "shocking" appointments are getting very old; not big surprises. We get it already Barack, you are a corporate stooge. I bet you'll get a nice fat paycheck heading up some bank somewhere after your presidential dreams are fulfilled. You better hope lots of republicans and other DLC types vote for you because the (big L) Left has disembarked from your Bullshit Express.

It's just so.... sad.

[Arkana]

51. I'm withholding judgment until I see how Daley does as CoS.

You know, like someone who thinks critically and doesn't "go with their gut" all the time.

Like a non-reactionary liberal.

[Capt_John]

56. no

nt

[Kat45]

57. I read that he was the architect of Clinton's NAFTA

He's also (the first) Mayor Daley's son. Between those things and his Wall Street background, I'm not real pleased with this one.

[PhillySane]

58. DO NOT TRY TO ADJUST YOUR TV SET!

We control the horizontal. We control the vertical.

[Swamp Rat]

61. We control everything, the words you read, the songs you sing....

... the pictures that give pleasure to your eye.

[eridani]

62. Great. One more overpaid bankster whore is just what we need.

Not.