[pepsionice]

At some point, there will be a knock-down drag-out fight with Jarrett....with someone using bullet-format to ring out a dozen of her shortcomings. Almost every single screw-up of the past five years....comes back to rest on her decision ability (not the President’s ability because he has none).

She was needed for some function in the White House...but she has virtually no experience at dealing with Senators, Representatives, or the general method of accomplishment in DC. They needed a guy who’d done work and knew how to work deals with a few Republicans down the line. She was the absolute wrong choice for chief of staff, and she’s probably come to realize that in the last year or two. The bin Laden episode....only occurred because they kept her out of the loop on the newly planned mission.

[mojito]

Val lives in the WH with Barry & Mo. She has breakfast with him every morning and dinner every night. She's the only staff person with access to Barry's man-cave, where he spends most his time with his “boys.” She knows what Barry knows before he knows it. And she knows every skeleton in Barry's closet. She isn't going anywhere.