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Exclusive: Gibbs eyed for DNC chair
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Posted on 10/02/2010 7:29:54 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

Exclusive: Gibbs eyed for DNC chair By: Mike Allen October 2, 2010 09:41 AM EDT

Democratic insiders are taking the temperature of some top party donors about the possibility of naming White House press secretary Robert Gibbs as chairman of the Democratic National Committee heading into President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign in 2012, senior officials tell POLITICO.

Under the scenario being tested, Tim Kaine, the current DNC chairman and former governor of Virginia, would be named to a top administration post, perhaps in the Cabinet, the officials said.

Donors’ response has been positive, according to people who have been consulted.

Gibbs, one of the president’s closest confidants, already had been planning to leave the podium next year, perhaps to become a White House senior adviser.

Gibbs joined Obama in April 2004, as communications director for his U.S. Senate race, and later was his Senate communications director. Gibbs was communications director of Obama’s presidential campaign before becoming “senior strategist for communications and message” during the general election.

The logic for a Chairman Gibbs, according to one official: It would “put the Obama imprimatur on the DNC, once and for all,” and install a “great partisan fighter” as the face of the national party for the reelection campaign. “It’s a brilliant idea if he ends up deciding he wants to do it,” said one official who has been consulted.

(Excerpt) Read more at dyn.politico.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dnc; gibbs
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Brilliant!
1 posted on 10/02/2010 7:29:57 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

That would be just to rich.


2 posted on 10/02/2010 7:31:18 AM PDT by svcw
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To: Sub-Driver

I had to check the source if it was The Onion..


3 posted on 10/02/2010 7:31:45 AM PDT by max americana (Hoax and Chains, Dopeychangey)
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To: Sub-Driver

HAHAHAHAHAHA. That’s a good one.


4 posted on 10/02/2010 7:32:54 AM PDT by dwg2
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To: Sub-Driver

Oh please please he is perfect to lead morons over cliff.


5 posted on 10/02/2010 7:33:42 AM PDT by boomop1 (S)
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To: Sub-Driver

Oh please please he is perfect to lead morons off cliff.


6 posted on 10/02/2010 7:34:15 AM PDT by boomop1 (S)
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To: Sub-Driver

That would be perfect!


7 posted on 10/02/2010 7:34:38 AM PDT by FrankR (You are only obligated to obama to the extent you accept his handouts.)
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To: boomop1

I vote for Gibbs to become DNC chair!


8 posted on 10/02/2010 7:34:43 AM PDT by Judith Anne (Holy Mary, Mother of God, please pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.)
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To: Sub-Driver

and the idiocy continues......=.=


9 posted on 10/02/2010 7:34:45 AM PDT by cranked
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To: Sub-Driver

oops oops


10 posted on 10/02/2010 7:35:18 AM PDT by boomop1 (S)
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To: Sub-Driver
Donors’ response has been positive, according to people who have been consulted.

Morons. You gotta be kidding me. Otherwise it's a great idea. Go Gibbs! Did I really say that in public?

11 posted on 10/02/2010 7:35:31 AM PDT by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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To: Sub-Driver

Good move on the democrat side don’t try to find anyone with brains just another idiot will do..


12 posted on 10/02/2010 7:38:54 AM PDT by PLD (When you receive a kindness,remember it;when you bestow one,forget it)
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I think he would be an excellent choice!


13 posted on 10/02/2010 7:40:13 AM PDT by stefanbatory (Insert witty tagline here)
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So why would they promote Kaine? He couldn’t even bring his own state now? Yes, Virginia has 2 Dem enators but those guys are toast.


14 posted on 10/02/2010 7:41:52 AM PDT by tirednvirginia
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That would be just to rich.

Talk about a comeuppance......Fibbs presiding over the impending collapse of the DemocRat party. That would indeed be rich beyond imagination......

15 posted on 10/02/2010 7:42:44 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (Stop the insanity - Flush Congress!)
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To: Sub-Driver; hoosiermama; Liz; STARWISE; onyx; penelopesire; SE Mom

PING!


16 posted on 10/02/2010 7:42:59 AM PDT by maggief
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To: Sub-Driver

Little Chrissy is tingling all over at the prospect of the “presidential” spokesman position coming open.


17 posted on 10/02/2010 7:44:09 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Political correctness in America today is a Rip Van Winkle acid trip.)
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I thought that they could never get anyone dumber than howeird dean... I was wrong.

LLS


18 posted on 10/02/2010 7:44:36 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (WOLVERINES!)
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I started laughing early in the morning here in L.A. Absolutely made my day...this is priceless LOL.


19 posted on 10/02/2010 7:50:03 AM PDT by max americana (Hoax and Chains, Dopeychangey)
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To: Sub-Driver

It’s like watching Gilligan become Admiral of the Navy.....


20 posted on 10/02/2010 7:51:20 AM PDT by Walkingfeather
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