Alfred E. Neuman would be ideal for the job.
Posted on 02/17/2023 5:03:05 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON — Finding a campaign manager for President Joe Biden’s re-election remains a problem for his top aides, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions, underscoring the difficulty of finding someone who can run the operations while the decision-making power remains in the White House.
The campaign manager and other top staff are likely to function more as implementers than deciders, a reality that has been a tough sell for some seasoned political professionals.
“Do you want to take on a job that has five bosses?” said one source familiar with the process, granted anonymity to discuss internal conversations.
In response to characterizations that the Biden team faces problems filling the campaign manager job, White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said “That’s untrue.”
Top Biden advisers are talking to several candidates for campaign manager and other senior leadership roles, the sources said. So far, three sources close to the process said, recruitment has focused on individuals who ran some of the most competitive 2022 midterm races as well as veterans of Biden’s 2020 campaign and the Democratic National Committee.
One person familiar with the process said the informal nature of the conversations at this late stage suggests Biden advisers are trying just to “get the right people on the bus, and then figure it out from there.”
The staffing struggle is taking on new urgency with Biden potentially launching a campaign as soon as April, according to two people familiar with the matter. The completion of the president's physical on Thursday crossed another item off of the pre-announcement “to-do” list.
But asked about key campaign decisions that are still outstanding, Bates responded: “This is as inaccurate as NBC’s earlier reporting on the subject.”
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Alfred E. Neuman would be ideal for the job.
Why? The “mainstream” media ran his last campaign.
But Alfred E. Neumann is much more competent.
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