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Bob Bauer, Lawyer to Obama and Democratic Party, Eyed as New White House Counsel
Fox News ^ | October 23, 2009 | Major Garrett

Posted on 10/23/2009 10:35:11 AM PDT by khnyny

Robert (Bob) Bauer, the top lawyer for the Democratic National Committee and personal lawyer to President Obama and his chief campaign counsel, is emerging as the top candidate to replace Greg Craig as White House Counsel, Fox News has learned.

Senior White House officials declined to comment on Bauer's future status with the White House. But Democrats close to the situation said Bauer is under serious consideration as Craig's replacement. Craig is expected to leave the White House by year's end - if not sooner.

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said no decisions have been made on Craig's future or on any potential replacement.

Here is Wikipedia on the job:

Bauer is married to White House Communications Director Anita Dunn. Dunn is also expected to leave the White House by year's end. Unlike Craig, Dunn's departure was understood when she took the communications post on an interim basis in late April. Dunn replaced Ellen Moran, Obama's first communications director, who resigned on April 21 to become Chief of Staff at the Commerce Department.

(Excerpt) Read more at whitehouse.blogs.foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: anitadunn; bauer; bobbauer; certifigate; mao; perkinscoie; siddharthvelamoor; waronfox
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Bob Bauer is Anita Dunns' husband.
1 posted on 10/23/2009 10:35:13 AM PDT by khnyny
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To: khnyny

How is Bob Bauer connected to the new clerk for Judge Carter who is hearing the Taitz case again?


2 posted on 10/23/2009 10:36:19 AM PDT by autumnraine (You can't fix stupid, but you can vote it out!)
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To: khnyny

The new LIAR Czar?


3 posted on 10/23/2009 10:36:43 AM PDT by fish hawk (Lord, help us to attain knowledge and the wisdom to apply it toward your ultimate will.)
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To: khnyny

Isn’t Bob Bauer, Anita Dunn’s husband, also invloved in putting down any BIRTHER LAWSUIT???


4 posted on 10/23/2009 10:37:55 AM PDT by Ann Archy (18%)
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To: khnyny

And Glenn Beck beat them to the punch...announced it last night on his show. People wondered what Beck was doing, he was “playing” with the WH, just like a cat plays with a mouse.

http://www.freedomslighthouse.com/2009/10/glenn-beck-receives-secret-phone-call.html


5 posted on 10/23/2009 10:38:13 AM PDT by dawn53
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To: autumnraine

Hmm, Siddharth Velamoor, a new clerk to Judge Carter worked at the same law firm as Bauer. In fact, Velamoor worked for Bauer.


6 posted on 10/23/2009 10:41:51 AM PDT by khnyny (Too much power in too few hands is never a good thing.)
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To: dawn53; penelopesire; seekthetruth; television is just wrong; jcsjcm; BP2; Pablo Mac; ...

~~GLENN’S TIPSTER WAS RIGHT !!
As were our speculations ............

Anita Dunn’s husband will ALSO be at the
elbow of the seat of power, monitoring
and controlling who knows what, out of
the White House.

Legal disbursements – Obama for America – 3rd qtr 2009

(search for ‘legal’ to see the individual disbursements;
and what’s hidden is how much is for the 0 personally
for the birth cert. cases and how much is for DNC biz).

http://query.nictusa.com/pdf/230/29992941230/29992941230.pdf#navpanes=0


7 posted on 10/23/2009 10:44:29 AM PDT by STARWISE (The Art & Science Institute of Chicago Politics NE Div: now open at the White House)
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To: khnyny
The happy couple (of communists)


8 posted on 10/23/2009 10:44:50 AM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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More Bauer background (doesn’t include the
eligibility cases)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2368956/posts?page=12#12


9 posted on 10/23/2009 10:48:29 AM PDT by STARWISE (The Art & Science Institute of Chicago Politics NE Div: now open at the White House)
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To: khnyny
Beck just signed off with the news that Robert Bauer is to become the new White House Consulaire - replacing Clintonista and Elian attorney and Archer Daniels Midland's man in Havana - Greg Craig

Family Affair

Attacking Fox News and defending President Barack Obama is a family affair for Anita Dunn, the White House communications director who has blasted Fox as an arm of the Republican Party, talked about "controlling" the news media and espoused her embrace of Chairman Mao as her favorite philosopher.

She's married to Robert Bauer, the chief of the political law group at Perkins Coie, the Seattle law firm hired by the White House to defend President Obama in court cases challenging his "natural born" citizenship status in the United States and thus, his eligibility under the U.S. Constitution to be president.

Also during the 2008 presidential campaign, Bauer as counsel for the Obama campaign wrote letters to television station managers and to Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General John Keeney arguing that airing an anti-Obama ad pointing to the known association between Obama and Weather Underground radical Bill Ayers would violate federal election rules.

In addition to representing Obama on eligibility cases, Bauer also is hired as legal counsel to represent the president in the criminal probe going on into the activities of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

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10 posted on 10/23/2009 10:49:01 AM PDT by Elle Bee
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To: dawn53

Thanks, that was funny.:)


11 posted on 10/23/2009 10:49:48 AM PDT by khnyny (Too much power in too few hands is never a good thing.)
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To: khnyny

Jack Bauer’s polar opposite.


12 posted on 10/23/2009 10:50:24 AM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: fish hawk

Looks like Beck scooped Barry & the boys............


13 posted on 10/23/2009 10:51:18 AM PDT by patriotspride
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To: Ann Archy
Yes ...


14 posted on 10/23/2009 10:52:17 AM PDT by STARWISE (The Art & Science Institute of Chicago Politics NE Div: now open at the White House)
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To: patriotspride

Not only did Beck scoop this, but he has the WH convinced now that they have a traitor amoungst them....that is art.


15 posted on 10/23/2009 10:55:08 AM PDT by IrishPennant (Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.)
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To: IrishPennant
amoungst amongst even...
16 posted on 10/23/2009 10:56:03 AM PDT by IrishPennant (Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.)
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To: IrishPennant; All
Not only did Beck scoop this, but he has the WH convinced now that they have a traitor amoungst them....that is art.

~~~~

It's bru-tal-fully cunning ... beyond words .. ooh, there's a whole lot o'puzzling going on at the WH today.

Hey Rahm ... how's it feel ?

Somebody .. please use your cleverness and creativity and turn his hand in this pic to face himself.


17 posted on 10/23/2009 11:09:31 AM PDT by STARWISE (The Art & Science Institute of Chicago Politics NE Div: now open at the White House)
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To: khnyny

Since this guy knows where the birth skeleton is buried, expect him to get the Vince Foster treatment.


18 posted on 10/23/2009 11:09:38 AM PDT by MrDem (And this is a loyal lifelong Democrat saying this... Democrats for Cheney/Palin 2012)
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To: khnyny

Yes it was funny. Somebody brought up a good point last night, on a thread discussing that video. They said it was as much about Beck messing with the WH, letting them know he had sources, as it was about trumping the announcement.


19 posted on 10/23/2009 11:09:53 AM PDT by dawn53
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To: TLI

My Grandmother always said, “There’s someone for everyone”. Isn’t it nice these two nutjobs found each other. Let’s hope they pass any of those genes on though.


20 posted on 10/23/2009 11:15:00 AM PDT by Barb4Bush (God bless Glenn Beck!)
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