Posted on 10/26/2008 3:51:34 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
....Speculation about Daschle's ascension to the White House staff chief's job has been simmering for months.
"It's way too early to make any comments about it," Daschle recently told the Los Angeles Times. "It's always a possibility, but I've not had any conversations with anybody about future positions and don't intend to."
Daschle is also rumored to have his eye on a less demanding position, perhaps secretary of state. That could help him avoid the inevitable criticism that would greet his selection for a White House job, since that would violate the spirit of one of Obama's signature campaign pledges.
As part of his promise to change the way Washington does business, Obama frequently said that lobbyists wouldn't run his White House, though that line was used mainly during the Democratic primaries.
Three years ago, Daschle passed through the revolving door into Washington's influence-peddling industry and appears to have been involved in the sort of activities Obama condemns.
After his '04 loss, Daschle joined the legislative and public policy unit of a K Street law/lobby firm, Atlanta-based Alston & Bird.
There, according to the firm's Web site, he provides "strategic advice" to clients, with special emphasis on "financial services, health care, energy, telecommunications and taxes." Daschle is not a registered lobbyist (though his wife, Linda, a former aviation regulator in the Clinton administration, is one of the city's highest-powered lobbyists)....
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O will name a lot of these former and current D.C. folks. He and Michelle are gonna’ have fun bossin’ whitey around.
These people bring out the worst in me.
But at the rallies blacks say they’re told to get in the back. They want white faces on t.v.
He’s short in every way. Of course, it’ll be fun watching those two when the national anthem is played... Daschle will put his hand over his lungs and Obie over his crotch.
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