At this point, it really doesn’t matter whether Rahm Emanuel will go, or David Axelrod, or Valerie Jarrett, or Robert Gibbs, or some combination of the four. What really matters is the fact that “No Drama Obama” is now anything but.
February 24, 2010 – 3:44 pm
Well, that would be the question, now wouldn’t it?
Critics left and right are accusing Rahm Emanuel of disloyalty-by-proxy after a Dana Milbank column in Sunday’s Washington Post defended the White House chief of staff – while trashing reputed Emanuel rivals Valerie Jarrett and Robert Gibbs.
There’s not a shred of proof that Emanuel fed Milbank the Rahm-friendly intel included in the piece – or that he was the source of a tart comparison of President Barack Obama to Jimmy Carter. And in fact, Milbank said Monday in a live chat on the Post website that he didn’t speak to Emanuel for the piece.
“I didn’t talk to Rahm for this column, or for anything else recently. His people were also disinclined to help me with this column, out of fear of just the reaction that would occur: people would suggest he spoon fed it to me,” Milbank said.
February 23, 2010 – 5:26 pm
A day after the President released his health care plan, it is clear that the plan is running into a fair amount of trouble. Bart Stupak is objecting to the language concerning abortion funding, Senator Jay Rockefeller has stated that he will not support pushing through a public option via reconciliation, and the White House, via Robert Gibbs, itself stated that it does not believe that the public option can pass via reconciliation.
February 9, 2010 – 3:39 pm
The stories abound of the American President who found himself insulated from his Cabinet and other major policy advisers, thanks to the work done by a small, insular group of staffers, most of whom found their way to the President’s side thanks to the fact that they hail from the same geographic location as him.
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
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Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board
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Also tagged Andrew Malcolm, Barack Obama, David Axelrod, Edward Luce, Obama Administration, Policy, Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Steve Clemons, Valerie Jarrett
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January 7, 2010 – 1:36 am
I guess I ought to feel badly for Robert Gibbs; after all, he is forced to defend the indefensible, and he can do it neither artfully, nor with a straight face.
Yes, $100 million means a lot when it comes to the balance sheets of newspapers.
Andrew Sullivan is vying to replace you as the official spokesman for the Obama Administration.
April 26, 2009 – 12:28 pm
and it is less than stellar:
April 21, 2009 – 10:42 am
Jennifer Loven and Jake Tapper take Robert Gibbs to task for trying to have it both ways. Let’s go to the video tape!
There have been three incidents of note in the past week apotheosizing the delicate position President Barack Obama inhabits on the international stage. Taken together, these events depict a young president struggling to find his course in a storm of global crises.
By Ben Domenech
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Posted in Features, Politics
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Also tagged Barack Obama, David Axelrod, Gus Hall, Hillary Clinton, Hugo Chavez, Jay Bybee, John Yoo, memos, Richard Nadler, UN Racism Conference, Venezuela, William F Buckley
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