Reports are that the President is going to call on Clintonoid William Daley;son of the famous Chi-town Mayor Richard Daley to be his new Chief of Staff.
Daley currently serves as a JPMorgan Chase & Co. executive which means another prominent position in his administration will be filled by a Wall Street fat cat.

His dad is most famous for sicking the Chi-town police force on the protesters at the 1968 Democrat Convention. While heads were cracked he commented that the police were there to 'preserve disorder'.
I suspect his son will have a similar role in the Obama Administration.

So?

Repubs complain Obama doesn't know anything about the business world. Now Bill Daley will have an opportunity to teach him. (Bill's not at all like his father.)

And no, it won't be a similar role.

Geez, Australia's flooding, North and South Korea are talking, strife in western Africa, and this is of concern?

You are free to move on if you don't have anything of substance to add.

Clete posted about the Aussie floods and you made no comment there.

Repubs complain Obama doesn't know anything about the business world. Now Bill Daley will have an opportunity to teach him. (Bill's not at all like his father.)

And no, it won't be a similar role.

And he doesn't ;but it will be interesting to see the tensions between the relatively moderate Daley and the radicals that are led in the White House by Valerie Jarrett.

And he doesn't ;but it will be interesting to see the tensions between the relatively moderate Daley and the radicals that are led in the White House by Valerie Jarrett.
Naw. Not a problem. They're all one big happy Illinois/Chicago family. (Valerie would have problems even with MLK.)

One big happy family ? I hear the Mayor race already is getting very nasty... Rhambo v Braun.

One big happy family ? I hear the Mayor race already is getting very nasty .... Rhambo v Braun.
Naw. Braun is her own worst enemy. I can't believe the black politicians (Meeks and Davis specifically) decided she should be the black candidate against Chico and Emanuel. Davis would have been a MUCH better choice and would have had a chance to win the election. Braun's an idiot.

Back to Daley. Don't mistake his being at JPMorgan as meaning he is business savvy. All it really means is that he is just another Washington insider peddling influence in the revolving door between Wall Street and Washington.
The only real change is that he's not a Goldman Sachs guy.

back to Daley. Don't mistake his being at JPMorgan as meaning he is business savvy.
Bill's got a good head on his shoulders. He's nice-looking too. He has no skeletons in his closet either.

Like John Kass wrote in his column yesterday:

So Billy goes out to Washington to run Barack's government, and Rahm — the guy Billy's been supporting for mayor — slides in to run Chicago for Billy's brother, Mayor Richard Daley.

I LOVE politics!

Bill's got a good head on his shoulders. He's nice-looking too. He has no skeletons in his closet either.

Like John Kass wrote in his column yesterday:

So Billy goes out to Washington to run Barack's government, and Rahm — the guy Billy's been supporting for mayor — slides in to run Chicago for Billy's brother, Mayor Richard Daley.

I LOVE politics!

I guess then by what your saying he didn't work for this JP Morgan ?

JP Morgan Chase, 25 Billion Bailout Recipient, to Spend 400 Million to Outsource Thousands of Jobs to India | DBKP - Death By 1000 Papercuts - DBKP (http://deathby1000papercuts.com/2009/03/jp-morgan-chase-25-billion-bailout-recipient-to-spend-400-million-to-outsource-thousands-of-jobs-to-india/)

So there is a change in White House staff and this is important, why?

Geez, Australia's flooding, North and South Korea are talking, strife in western Africa, and this is of concern?

Don't worry karma, we are used to american's being somewhat self obscessed

so there is a change in White House staff and this is important, why?Some people are single focused in nitpicking any little detail concerning a group that they don't like.

Feel free to move on if you don't think this is worthy .

Don't worry karma, we are used to american's being somewhat self obscessed

And we're used to everyone else's insecurity.

And we're used to everyone else's insecurity.

Insecurity over what?

You tell me, NK.

Weird answer since you brought it up.

Why do you see us as insecure? We are not paranoid and need atomic weapons to protect ourselves. Before you call others insecure you should take a look in your own back yard. We don't stock up our old war planes in case we need them again. Insecure? The only ones who are insecure are those who have large armed forces on active duty.

Why do you see us as insecure? We are not paranoid and need atomic weapons to protect ourselves.

You are smart enough to live under the US umbrella . When we get pushed out of the Pacific ocean by the next hegemon you'll make a similar deal with them.

which means another prominent position in his administration will be filled by a Wall Street fat cat. Hello again, tom:

I agree. But... I wouda thunk a right winger would LIKE the fat cats to have a voice... I'm confused...

excon

Do you not recall that I have been the voice opposed to the bailouts... and the revolving door between Goldman and the White House ?

Do you not recall that I have been the voice opposed to the bailouts.... and the revolving door between Goldman and the White House ?Hello again, tom:

Never hurts to be reminded.

excon

Anyway Daley is only pro-business when he gets a piece of the action.All Daley did at Morgan was provide CEO Jamie Dimon with a connection to the White House.

Looks like (Bagdad Bob) Gibbs is collateral damage. What could be his 1st act as Chief of Staff ,it appears that Consigliere Daley thew Gibbs under the bus.
David Axelrod is also rumored gone... can Valerie Jarrett be far behind ? We'll see if FLOTUS has any say on that!

There is also a “tell-all” book by an anonymous author coming out that was penned by someone in the inner circle.