Trump floating Mark Meadows for White House chief of staff

The Hill ^ | 12/09/18 | Justin Wise

[Theodore R.]

No, it’s too risky to have a special election for the House for an R seat.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

He’s got a job already.

[marajade]

Meadows would leave Congress?

[marajade]

Didn’t he just win reelection?

[proust]

This. We’ve run out of feet to shoot at this point.

[LouisianaJoanof Arc]

Mark Levin!!!

[Guenevere]

A good man.....President trusts him

.....but Press probably floating ideas and nothing else

[marajade]

Levin is too old.

[Zhang Fei]

Why not? Let’s lose a House seat (instead of a Senate seat) in a red state to the Dems, for a change.

[Reily]

Why again is Kelly leaving?

[be-baw]

Mulvaney is my first choice. Even over Ayers.

[Zhang Fei]

I really don’t understand why anyone would take this job who wasn’t already retirement-eligible. Not only is it short-term, you can’t even run for re-election.

[jjotto]

Meadows doesn’t have much House seniority, and is now just another minority party member.

It would seem a good choice for the White House gatekeeper, but the President seems to make these proposals without consulting with the person involved first.

[LeonardFMason]

Mulvaney is awesome.

[ryderann]

Could Darrell Issa do the job?

[bigbob]

You don’t want a flippin’ politician in that job! You want a hard-ass administrator, someone who knows how to run stuff, and how to say “NO!” about 100 times more than he says yes.

Look to industry if you can find an old guy who hasn’t been suckedi to political correctness or find another military general. Hell the guy who’s successfully run a Trump hotel for a few years would be infinitely better than anyone whose ass has warmed a Congressional seat.

[crosdaddy]

Yep, the sooner POTUS distances himself from Pols, the better.

[Lurkinanloomin]

No, we have too few people in either chamber that side with the citizens and the rule of law.

[jjotto]

Maybe. He is 65, but still ambitious, from Lebanese Christian and Mormon background. His youthful background seems a little too colorful for the President.