Bill Daley resigning as White House chief of staff

Politico ^ | 1/9/12 | JENNIFER EPSTEIN

[ColdOne]

Bill Daley is stepping down from his job as White House chief of staff and will be replaced by budget director Jack Lew, a senior administration official said Monday.

Daley’s tenure has been plagued by complaints about his management style and his rocky relations with Congress. He already had ceded some responsibility in recent months, but his decision to leave his post surprised White House officials. The job went to Lew because of his strong connections on Capitol Hill and his wide variety of experiences in government and the private sector, according to a second senior administration official. The transition will take place at the end of the month.

Like Daley, Lew previously served in the Clinton administration.

Obama is set to speak about the transition at 3 p.m. ET from the Private Dining Room at the White House. The Chicago Tribune, Daley’s hometown paper, first reported the news of his departure.

Daley took the job a year ago and had said he planned to stay through the election this fall and then return home to Chicago. But he offered his letter of resignation to Obama last week, and the president accepted it.

[ColdOne]

I don’t know what is going on YET it seems to me many have left. During the Bush admin the MSM would go bonkers each time someone would leave. I just do not remember as many leaving for Bush? I could be wrong because I didn’t follow that aspect of his admin. Just 9/11 issues.

[ExCTCitizen]

Daley took the job a year ago and had said he planned to stay through the election this fall and then return home to Chicago. But he offered his letter of resignation to Obama last week, and the president knows he is the first to resign since the GOP will win the white house and they need to get to North Korea, to escape being indicted by the nerxt president.