Daley at the White House


Bill Daley, who is being considered to be White House Chief of Staff, is at the White House right now. He has had meetings with President Obama as well as acting chief of staff Pete Rouse.

David Plouffe, the incoming senior adviser, who starts next week, also arrived at the White House this afternoon -- around 3:30 pm ET.

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Do we really need an executive at a mega-bank at the heart of the fraudclosure scandal as the president's right-hand man in the White House? Bill Daley is out of touch with America. Bad choice for COS...

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    Reply#1 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 4:33 PM EST

    Daley would underscore the prevasive corruption in the Obama administration and the Democrats in Congress.

      #1.1 - Thu Jan 6, 2011 4:24 AM EST
      loverminsxDeleted
      guapipattyDeleted

      Go to hell @!$%# for brains. Obama is never gone in one term bitch, African-Americans will support him and believe me it's enough to defeat the likes of your ass. You won't be satisfied until the republicans take everything the middle class stand for and send it up in smoke. I can bet you are not rich but your holier than thou attitude would presume that you are. You are in line with republicans because you share one thing and one thing only in common and that is predijuce. The republicans stand up for big business and anyone else who have manged to make a million bucks off of the so called free market.

      While your stupid ass is trying to pretend that you know something that no one else does, I am about to finish my Masters degree in business administration. I will be the next democrat to watch out for and trust me when I say, I will be on the look out for racists bums like you who would rather see the United States go to hell in a hand basket than be led by an intelligent African-American man that you can't call BOY!

        #1.4 - Thu Jan 6, 2011 2:52 PM EST
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        You can't please all the people all the time. Some will like the choice, some will not. We heard much of the same chatter when Rahm Emmanuel was selected. It is my understanding Daley's job at JP Morgan was unrelated to the sub-prime mortgage mess. The Chief of Staff's job is to coordinate and manage the WH. Someone with management experience makes sense. I would remind those who say that his views on regulation or the consumer protection agency are counter to President Obama's--Rahm Emmanuel opposed President Obama's plan to do health care reform the first year and President Obama got it done. The President is intelligent and knows what he wants to do and the CoS does not write the agenda, the Chief's job is to supervise, coordinate and prioritize not write policy or legislation.

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        Reply#2 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 5:01 PM EST

        Not to worry, folks, Issa will dissect Daley for sure....as well as any other new faces on the block.

        I wrote many times before that Obama needed experienced people to advise him. Let's wait and see what happens this time around.

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        #2.1 - Thu Jan 6, 2011 11:13 AM EST
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        Hey, anybody notice what the stock market has done since the elections. WOW, I am making money hand over fist. Thank you America for putting the adults back in charge.

        Oh, I forgot.............making money is baaadd,

        sorry

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        Reply#3 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 5:04 PM EST

        And pray tell me what the republicans managed to do for the stock market to go up. Is that what they are telling you on FOX.

        You are such a blind fool.

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        #3.1 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 5:10 PM EST

        Dumb ass, PR: The markets have been slowly, but steadily going up since Obama took office.

        What a bunch of stupid, same-old same-old crap from the same-old same-old right wing holes of the bung variety.

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        #3.2 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 5:15 PM EST

        BTW, dumb-ass: making money is NOT baaaaad. Making it at the expense of everyone else IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY is another story, perhaps.

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        #3.3 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 5:17 PM EST
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        #3.4 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 5:40 PM EST

        Birds falling from the sky and fish floating to the surface have anything to do with the elections?

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        #3.5 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 5:58 PM EST

        OK PR....if the not-yet-elected (R)'s have had such a stunning impact on the stock market....why the h*ll hasn't every single unemployed individual in this country been given a job? Hummm???

        • 6 votes
        #3.6 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 6:02 PM EST

        PR, You've been making money hand over fist for a lot longer than Nov 2, 2010, try since 2009 when the real adults were put in charge.

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        #3.7 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 6:03 PM EST

        The markets started smelling a change coming the last half of the year. The elections were a first step to checking big government controlled economy with over regulation/legislation, big spending and brought hope for a restoral to a more sane free market model. Stocks soared 20% the second half of last year.

        Post election saw the defeat to the liberal brain-dead Omnibus trick. Taxes got settled, especially for capital gains and dividends. All the sustained talk and focus on undoing Obamacare? Business is responding basically pretty much like it indicated it would do. Obama should have listened earlier to Business.

        Threatened higher taxes and lower investment returns. Then in effect -lower taxes and higher investment returns and business perked up? Who knew, right? Well that's not fair, turns out the only ones who didn't were the liberals with their war on business, demagogue the rich, social agenda.

        But maybe at least Obama is figuring it out, even if the rest of the progressives haven't. Didn't I hear Obama has even been reading books on Reagan. Wierd.

        But anyway, you guys believe what you want.

        • 3 votes
        #3.8 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 6:22 PM EST

        Sure, and the markets started smelling an Obama victory in 2007, thus collapsing the economy.

        Facts don't matter bob, you prove that every day.

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        #3.9 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 6:25 PM EST

        So the Republicans are happy to take credit for all the good things that happened since November 2, 2010. And are happy to claim that it was their being in control that made the difference. But they are unwilling to accept the bad, claiming that they were not in power yet and so could not be held accountable?

        The Republicans can't have it both ways. Were they in control or were they not?

        Hypocrites.

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        #3.10 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 7:21 PM EST

        Sure, and the markets started smelling an Obama victory in 2007, thus collapsing the economy.

        Nah, the economy collapsed because of another piece of Democrat social engineering governance where they forced banks to break with common sense and make loans for homes to unqualified buyers in the name of "social justice."

        Facts don't matter bob, you prove that every day

        Almost.

        Irrelevant facts (like the ones you use for your rebuttals) don't matter. BTW - Yesterday's Thomas Jefferson letter in 1816 that attacks the conservative/corporate war on labor and Bush's union busting planned privatization of over 700,000 government positions as the rebuttal to - "liberal agendas crush the middle class, while the liberal tools bemoan......

        anyway, the classic Alice in What Wonderland did that come from reply. Again, one of your best replys ever. Irrelevant - but great reply!

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        #3.11 - Thu Jan 6, 2011 4:05 AM EST

        felden,

        Actually I mentioned it started around the second half of the year. For example: The Dow was at -

        9,034.69 on Jan. 2, 2009

        9,686.48 on July 2, 2010 (after year and half of Obamanomics)

        11,577.51 on Dec. 31, 2010 (last 6 months of the year / business started anticipating Nov. change)

        Like I said before, believe what you want. If you want to believe that for some unknown reason, Obamanomics all of a sudden started working after a year and a half of nothing, fine. Or if you want to understand what business had been saying and see it play out exactly that way, fine.

        Those are the numbers, though.

        • 3 votes
        #3.12 - Thu Jan 6, 2011 4:23 AM EST
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        Nice to see David Plouffe back at the White house after his stunning success managing the Labour Party in the U.K.

        Oh, wait. They came in third.

        Well, at least Obama will have someone who knows how to run a campaign designed to let people infer what they will from your campaign.

        Oh, wait- that was his strategy for Labour, it having actually worked to get Obama elected.

        Seems it does not work so well when there is an actual record voters can look at before pulling the lever.

        Well, it will be great for Daniels, anyway.

        • 3 votes
        Reply#4 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 5:30 PM EST

        I think the President needs more people like Chris Van Hollen calling the shots.

        You can't argue with those results...

        If you're a conservative.

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        #4.1 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 5:52 PM EST

        Some posters just can't stand success so they look across the ocean for something negative. How many campaigns does it take to be a success? Just one, the others are for practice.

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        #4.2 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 6:06 PM EST


        no joe, no bo, nj

        Nice to see David Plouffe back at the White house after his stunning success managing the Labour Party in the U.K.

        Oh, wait. They came in third.


        I know one thing for sure Dr No,

        Over in soprano land (NJ) your Governor Dough boy (Gov. Chris Christie) could use some help since he gave you a snow job.

        Does he think firing teachers,

        boutique" casinos

        and no transportation(jobs)is better? "When is gonna return the federal dollars?

        • 2 votes
        #4.3 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 6:34 PM EST

        Well, it will be great for Daniels, anyway.

        DANIELS? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha ... DANIELS? AAAAAAAAAAAHahahahahahahahaha!...

        I wanna see how many Bible-Belt/TeaPartiers (ya know - the 40% of your party you can't win without?) vote for him...

        • 4 votes
        #4.4 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 7:08 PM EST
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        Oh, so the American people now have more confidence since the election and our spending and investing money so the market is rising.

        Is that what makes me a dumb-ass drive-by?

        How am I making it at the expence of "everyone else in your own country"?

        Little more of that victim mentality huh drive

        Lord, thank you for granting me the wisdom to be a republican and not a crybaby liberal.

        • 3 votes
        #5 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 5:30 PM EST

        So proud republican. What was the stock market like the day Obama took office and what was it like at the beginning of November?

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        #5.1 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 5:38 PM EST

        1/20/09 - 7949.09

        11/5/10 - 11,406.58

        1/5/10 - 11,722.89

        Yes, clearly the explosive spike in the stock market over the last two months demonstrates that the markets vastly prefer Republican control of the House versus the constant hemmorhaging they were doing when the Democrats were in control of both wings of the legislative branch.

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        #5.2 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 5:46 PM EST

        I doubt the election had little, if any, effect on the stock market.

        http://www.nyse.tv/dow-jones-industrial-average-history-djia.htm

        The above numbers using the first dates in november and the last dates in December (to approximate your definition of "Hey, anybody notice what the stock market has done since the elections") shows a larger jump in 2009 than in 2010.

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        #5.3 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 5:47 PM EST

        No, what makes you a dumb-ass is your belief that the entire business community was too afraid to move until Republicans gained a majority in one house of Congress.

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        #5.4 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 5:50 PM EST

        Yes, clearly the explosive spike in the stock market over the last two months demonstrates that the markets vastly prefer Republican control of the House versus the constant hemmorhaging they were doing when the Democrats were in control of both wings of the legislative branch

        Thanks for pointing that out to the stuck on stupid crowd Michael!

        The Weeper of the House hasn't been in charge for 24 hours yet and already they're trying to claim credit!

        Good to see you around! ;o)

        Belated Happy New Year to you may it bring you good health - happiness & much prosperity!

        • 4 votes
        #5.5 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 5:53 PM EST

        Oh. yes the Stuck on Stupid crowd Statement..

        This coming from the Stuck on Racist crowd .. Yes Feisty . I am talking to you..

        • 2 votes
        #5.6 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 5:57 PM EST

        Now there's a topic of which Fiesty has knowledge, skill and training:stupid.

        For the record I don't think Fiesty is a racist. She's just a "joiner." Bev. is the racist, pure and simple.

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        #5.7 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 6:13 PM EST

        To my man Ed Schultz.....You are on fire this afternoon, and I am with you re: 'fight these bastards', concerning Weeper of the House and snake oil that they have managed to sell to the low-informed!

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        #5.8 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 6:15 PM EST

        Oh. no she is a Racist... for the past two years she has been telling us the only Reason we dont like Obama is because he is Black.. "hence the .. "black man in the White House" Comment..

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        #5.9 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 6:18 PM EST

        Now that is fantansic and insightful Chilled. Stringing Big Old Ed Schultz and low-informed folk together in one sentence. Keep up the good work.

        And what's the deal with Maddow - did she get some plastic surgery over vacation? She looks slightly less manly this week.

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        #5.10 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 6:33 PM EST

        Spanky-

        Now that is fantansic and insightful Chilled. Stringing Big Old Ed Schultz and low-informed folk together in one sentence. Keep up the good work.

        Oh well, Republicans have adopted country singer Carrie Underwood’s “Undo It” as “the refrain for their planned attack against legislation that grew out of the 111th Congress.” Perhaps that means let's "Get Smart"?

        Nah, that be they want to cut education.

        So, I guess it has something to do with the lyrics “you made me cry as an anthem for Boehner and the Glenn Beck 's "Tears of Fears?

        Yes, I'm Black Spank. What wrong with that?

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        #5.11 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 6:50 PM EST

        To my man Ed Schultz.....You are on fire this afternoon, and I am with you re: 'fight these bastards', concerning Weeper of the House and snake oil that they have managed to sell to the low-informed!

        You sure GOT that right chilled... I heard my Feisty Redhead counterpart on my way home!

        There is going to be a lot of 'buyers remorse' from the low information - instant gratification crowd in the upcoming 2 years!

        Popcorn?

        • 4 votes
        #5.12 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 6:56 PM EST

        Sorry, Spanky I thought it was you who was so shocked I'm Black. It was Stevie-o.

        Unless you want to answer my question-- What wrong with that?--I'll let him answer it.

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        #5.13 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 7:00 PM EST

        Not a darned thing Bev. The problem is not the color of your skin, it's the hate in your heart. Oh, and the fact that English appears to be your second language.

        But I do enjoy trying to follow along: Schultz to Underwood, to education to Tears for Fears. And I love the whole ""I'm Black Spank." Yes, yes you are.

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        #5.14 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 7:00 PM EST

        Spanky-

        Not a darned thing Bev. The problem is not the color of your skin, it's the hate in your heart. Oh, and the fact that English appears to be your second language.

        What do mean appears to be my second language? I speak the Queen's English.

        Are you a certified psychiatrist? If you are; since you've diagonised what you think is my condition, perhaps you could prescribe your self some drug to treat your schizophrenia and antisocial behavior towards me.

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        #5.15 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 7:19 PM EST

        It's just love and admiration Bev. We both have an affinity for tea-bagging. You can't stop talking about and/or referencing the act which I so enjoy.

        And seriously, your posts are fanscinating.

        • 1 vote
        #5.16 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 7:32 PM EST

        Spanky-

        It's just love and admiration Bev. We both have an affinity for tea-bagging. You can't stop talking about and/or referencing the act which I so enjoy.

        And seriously, your posts are fanscinating.

        Spank

        I truly don't even know what tea bagging is. I just use the term because the word tea bagger earned recognition in the Oxford American Dictionary. I thought it had something to do with all the ghastly tea bags the people adorned their clothes with.

        I'm glad you find my posts fascinating.


        • 1 vote
        #5.17 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 7:49 PM EST
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        So ... did the stock market go from 7949 to 11, 406 as soon as the republicans won the house. OR maybe it was improving all through 2009 - 2010. Hmmmm!!!!

        This is why you are a dumb-ass Proud Republican.

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        Reply#6 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 5:52 PM EST

        LOL, I'm making a killing too, but here is the most important part of this whole thing, When Nancy and Harry took control on Jan 2007 unemployment was around 4.5%, what is it now? You want to give Obama credit for the stock market? OK then he also gets credit for our gas prices over $3 and climbing. Boy I remember 2006-07 people like you screaming about gas hitting $2. Unless $2 is more than $3 then I must be missing something.

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        #6.1 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 6:06 PM EST

        Paul-Florida

        Boy I remember 2006-07 people like you screaming about gas hitting $2. Unless $2 is more than $3 then I must be missing something.

        No paul people were screaming because gas hit 4 dollars a gallon, why because former president Bush increased our reserves and the saudis decreased production, i don't know you love to reinvent history but no no. people were also screaming because Bush said that once the Iraq war was over there oil would hit the market and gas would go down, not up. this is what happens when a texas oil man becomes president, this at the same time when the oil companies were making record profits when gas was 4 dollars a gallon then in 2006 after gas went down to 2 dollars a gallon they still had record profits.

        • 5 votes
        #6.2 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 6:18 PM EST

        Good point Jeff. So when will Obama end the wars?

        Oh and Jeff, the largest American oil company is but a tick on the ass of one of the international Nationalized companies. But dude, we all know Obama loves him some ALgore and wants the electricity costs to skyrocket. You know so we'll all use a lot less and go back to cave dwelling.

        • 1 vote
        #6.3 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 6:37 PM EST

        Maybe President Obama need's to invite the Saudi's over, Hold thier Hand, kissem on the Cheek(no Tongue)like Chicken George used to do & then tell people like Paul "to Kiss his Black A$$"

        Yep, thats what he need's to do!

        It showsup in every post you post Paul, that the Florida sun has Burnt your ef'n Brain!

        • 6 votes
        #6.4 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 7:13 PM EST
        Reply

        If you haven't been making money in the market over the last 2 years then you should stay the hell out of it. This has been one of the best stretches for traders in years. Lululemon low after the crash $7.00 today's close $68.49. So stop giving the election of Republicans credit because as of today they have done S%$t.

        • 3 votes
        Reply#7 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 5:56 PM EST

        Ramboet

        So ... did the stock market go from 7949 to 11, 406 as soon as the republicans won the house. OR maybe it was improving all through 2009 - 2010. Hmmmm!!!!

        This is why you are a dumb-ass Proud Republican.

        This goof has the same problem Reagan had before he died, NO memory, hey proud, what your name.

        the stock market did so well in 2009 that i made all the money i lost back and then some. let tell the truth, the market has been flat since the november election.

        • 3 votes
        Reply#8 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 6:01 PM EST

        k

          Reply#9 - Wed Jan 5, 2011 9:51 PM EST
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