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Gibbs to Leave as White House Press Secretary
The New York Times ^ | Wednesday, January 5, 2011 | Jeff Zeleny

Posted on 01/05/2011 7:14:52 AM PST by kristinn

Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary and close confidante to President Obama, said Wednesday that he will step down and become an outside political adviser to the president and his re-election campaign.

M. Gibbs said that he intends to leave the podium in early February. His successor has not yet been decided, he said, but will likely be announced within the next two weeks.

The departure of Mr. Gibbs is the first in a series of moves inside the West Wing as the president prepares for a new phase of his administration. The internal shuffling also could bring a new White House chief of staff, a decision the president is expected to make by week’s end, with an announcement as early as next week.

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Mr. Gibbs will remain part of the president’s inner circle of political advisers, along with David Axelrod, a senior adviser and Jim Messina, a deputy chief of staff, who also are leaving the White House to focus on the president’s re-election effort. Mr. Gibbs will defend Mr. Obama on television – and will expand his presence on Twitter and other Internet platforms – as well as beginning to define the field of 2012 Republican presidential candidates.

“Stepping back will take some adjusting,” Mr. Gibbs said in an interview Wednesday morning. “But at the same time, I have a feeling that I will keep myself quite busy, not just with speaking, but continuing to help the president.”

He said he has no intention of establishing a political consulting or lobbying business, but he intends to work from the same downtown Washington office where David Plouffe has spent the last two years. Mr. Plouffe, who was Mr. Obama’s campaign manager, will move to the White House and work as a senior adviser to the president.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gibbs; obama; robertgibbs
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1 posted on 01/05/2011 7:14:55 AM PST by kristinn
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To: kristinn

What, his village asked for their idiot back?


2 posted on 01/05/2011 7:16:10 AM PST by SparkyBass
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To: kristinn

Robert Goebbels, victim #1 in the 2011 Obama bus massacre.


3 posted on 01/05/2011 7:16:35 AM PST by montyspython
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To: kristinn

I’m sure he’s lying about this too.


4 posted on 01/05/2011 7:17:13 AM PST by glorgau
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To: kristinn

buh-bye smug jackass


5 posted on 01/05/2011 7:17:21 AM PST by jtal
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To: kristinn

Finally...that little smarmy rat bastard will be gone...He constanly pegged my slappage meter!!!


6 posted on 01/05/2011 7:20:08 AM PST by gimme1ibertee ("Criticism......brings attention to an unhealthy state of things"-Winston Churchill)
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To: jtal

“Mr. Gibbs will defend Mr. Obama on television.”

Perfect! That’ll be like having Mr. Haney on Green Acres doing the sales pitch!


7 posted on 01/05/2011 7:20:17 AM PST by duckworth (Perhaps instant karma's going to get you. Perhaps not.)
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To: jtal

sweet. one less dope in the WH. One down, 999 to go....


8 posted on 01/05/2011 7:20:29 AM PST by Jerrybob
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To: kristinn

So many more lies to tell, so little time.


9 posted on 01/05/2011 7:20:29 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree (Obama joined the Tea Party. His favorite brand: Constant Commie.)
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To: kristinn

Will Charles Barkley replace him?


10 posted on 01/05/2011 7:20:36 AM PST by bvw
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To: kristinn

Darn it, I was hoping he’d stay on for the FINAL 2 years of President Obutthole’s term.

Gibbs’s arrogance is emblematic of the administration and has helped make this admin look so pathetic and disrespectful of the American people. I’m so sorry he’s gone because he’s actually been a good asset for the conservative cause.


11 posted on 01/05/2011 7:21:09 AM PST by AlanGreenSpam (Obama: The First 'American IDOL' President - sponsored by Chicago NeoCom Thugs)
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To: kristinn

...to be replaced by Bryant Gumbel.


12 posted on 01/05/2011 7:21:54 AM PST by Southern Partisan
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To: kristinn

I'm available!

13 posted on 01/05/2011 7:22:09 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree (Obama joined the Tea Party. His favorite brand: Constant Commie.)
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To: kristinn

“Political advisor”? (Excuse me while I LMFAO...)

What a great “gimme” for 2012!


14 posted on 01/05/2011 7:22:36 AM PST by Beaten Valve
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To: kristinn

So how's the Wee Wee going to get along without his Minister of
Propaganda, the Great Nodding Donkey, Beltway Bob Gibbs?

People that stupid with as few moral principles don't grow on trees.

15 posted on 01/05/2011 7:22:53 AM PST by Zakeet (Always trust in the five G's: God, Gold, Guns, Grub, and the Government screwing up)
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To: kristinn

His own words tell of his demise...He’s certainly not jubilant about this....


16 posted on 01/05/2011 7:23:00 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: montyspython
New sign posted above the press secretary's office door.


17 posted on 01/05/2011 7:23:23 AM PST by montyspython
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To: kristinn

Gibbs couldn’t lie straight in bed but 2 solid years of shoveling BS would take its toll on anyone.

If he’s an ‘outside advisor’ now the emphasis will be on the ‘outside’ part as Gibbs isn’t and never was a member of the inner Marxist circle. In many ways Obama is in a state of arrested development and still fond of cliques as we all are in college.

Now Gibbs can get on with his life’s work as a Denny’s shift manager.


18 posted on 01/05/2011 7:23:50 AM PST by relictele
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Yeaaaaaaaaa!!!!!


19 posted on 01/05/2011 7:24:57 AM PST by jackibutterfly
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To: kristinn

Something about that position, generally takes a person from obscurity to unforgettable insufferability.


20 posted on 01/05/2011 7:25:29 AM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
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