Palin Points to "Strange Doings" With WH's Rouse

RearClearPolitics ^ | September 23, 2010 | Scott Conroy

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin took to Twitter on Wednesday to deliver a pair of cryptic messages related to White House Deputy Chief of Staff Pete Rouse, who is rumored to be a potential interim replacement for White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in the event that Emanuel leaves the administration next month to run for mayor of Chicago.

"Alaska's Pete Rouse (@ least he claims to be ‘Alaska')finally comes out of the shadows; Obama looks to appt him COS;strange doings in the WH," Palin tweeted, adding, "(Rahm's the smart one...bailing before Nov) Now, check out possible COS Pete Rouse. His background, voter reg in AK,etc. It's a small world"

Palin has previously alluded to her suspicions that Rouse, who once worked in Juneau and is still registered to vote in Alaska, may be at the center of a White House operation designed to undermine her politically.

[Al B.]

let's not forget Rahm and his Hollywood brother while we're at it:

[onyx]

Thank you, maggief!

[onyx]

BTTT

[maggief]

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Alaska ties - Rouse’s deep-rooted links to state make him a key connection FROM JUNEAU TO OBAMA’S WEST WING
Anchorage Daily News (AK) - Sunday, February 22, 2009
Author: TOM KIZZIA tkizzia@adn.com ; Staff

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In 2004 Daschle lost a re-election bid and Rouse got ready to retire. Daschle and other democratic leaders pressed him to stay on and help Obama, who wanted Rouse as his Senate chief of staff.

The Illinois freshman finally persuaded him after saying three things, Rouse recalled: 1, Obama knew he was good at giving speeches but needed help organizing an office; 2, Obama needed a strategy for building respect as a new senator, avoiding the showboat traps; and 3, Rouse could ignore the speculation that he would run for president in 2008.

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Rouse helped prepare the strategy that guided the young senator through his first couple of years, then in 2006 drew up the key memo outlining the pros and cons of running for president.

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Rouse also brought a team of political veterans, many from the Daschle camp, into the Obama campaign.

“When Pete went to work for Barack, what Barack got — and I don’t think he realized it — was the only network in Democratic circles that from both a policy and political perspective came close to the Clinton network,” political consultant Anita Dunn told the Post recently.

By last August, Rouse had shifted to working full-time for the campaign. An Obama campaign trip to Alaska was almost a certainty, he said, until Gov. Sarah Palin was tapped for the Republican vice-presidential nominee. Pre-Palin, he said, the campaign felt it had a chance to win the heavily Republican state, based on the enthusiasm shown in caucuses for Obama.

PROBLEM SOLVER

It seems unlikely that Rouse will play the same role on Alaska issues he once did in the Senate. He’s just too high up the ladder, with the White House operations and policy branches both reporting through him.

“I fix problems,” he said, explaining his new role.

Still Alaska veterans in Washington are glad to have him there. A big fan was former Sen. Frank Murkowski, R-Alaska, who praised Rouse on the Senate floor in 1999. Others interviewed in recent weeks, including John Katz, the longtime head of the state’s Washington office, spoke about his long value to Alaska.

It was because of Rouse that Obama was the only presidential candidate to speak about Alaska’s natural gas pipeline before the primaries began, said former Gov. Tony Knowles , a Democrat, who got help from Rouse during his unsuccessful 2004 campaign for the U.S. Senate.

“Pete’s very smart, highly skilled, and has always been totally square in our dealings,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said in January. “I expect we will agree on some issues and disagree on others, but having him at that level in the White House has to be good for our state.”

One of Rouse’s best friends in Alaska is state Sen. Kim Elton, D-Juneau. Rouse was the one who recruited Elton, a former journalist, into politics to work for Miller. Elton said Rouse is always eager for e-mailed photos of Romeo, the black wolf often photographed around Juneau.

Elton said he followed the presidential race through Rouse, backing Obama early on the strength of his friend’s endorsement. But he told Rouse he couldn’t talk about Palin once she was named to the Republican ticket. As chairman of the Legislative Council, Elton played a central role in the Legislature’s “Troopergate” investigation of the governor, which Republicans complained was being run by Obama supporters.

“It was awkward, because I usually love to talk about things like that,” Elton said.

When Elton and his wife traveled east for the inauguration, they stayed with Rouse. Now Elton is under consideration for a high-level appointment as a special assistant on Alaska issues in the Interior Secretary’s office.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/26/AR2007082601446.html

THE GURUS: PETE ROUSE
The Outsider’s Insider

By Perry Bacon Jr.
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, August 27, 2007

[onyx]

We really have to watch for Dashle’s formal appointment to a WH position.

This WH fears and hates Sarah Palin and wants to destroy her.

[onyx]

Oh good, I see that you pinged penelopesire and the others.

[onyx]

This is a serious attack that goes back in years against Sarah Palin and the appointment of Rouse to fill Rahm’s position will signal a full out assault in underway against Sarah Palin’s possible run for the nomination. We’re researching the history and the various ties to her, Rouse and others in Alaska.

[penelopesire]

Perhaps one reason that they fear Sarah so much is that they have already thrown the whole kitchen sink at her and she is still standing. They have nothing of real substance on her..zip..zero..nada. It won’t stop them from trying to make stuff up out of whole cloth of course, but we are onto them and so are most Americans.

Meanwhile, Obama’s abuses of power and incompetence are becoming more and more well known across this land. His chances of winning or even running for a second term are growing dimmer by the day.

[onyx]

Zactly, and she knows how they put their scheme together!
Look at Al B. cartoons/illustrations.

All the players are right there.

[cookcounty]

Interesting that a guy at the center of Alaska’s political corruptocrats, moves to Chicago to polish his “skills” and now moves on to the most corrupt White House in American history.

[BAW]

Rouse is Zero’s preparation in case Palin is the Repub Party pick for 2012. Just shows the potential presidential candidate who Zero most fears.

[presently no screen name]

So Barry has his personal pawn to trash Palin. The little boy lives in FEAR - afraid his empire will crumble. What’s that we hear? Something like she’s not ready? LOL! Next time we see that comment or similar, we will know they are worthless pawns, also.

The left - straight to the top - knows more than some who come on here posing as conservatives!

[maggief]

“Much of this was outlined in the Congressional Record in a statement by former Sen. Frank Murkowski , our current senator’s father, in 1999 when Mary Mikami Rouse died. Murkowski had served in the first administration of Gov. Walter Hickel with her brother-in-law, Roland Snodgrass, the state’s agriculture director at the time.” (See also Daschle’s statement.)

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE S11792

Page 35-36

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-1999-10-01/pdf/CREC-1999-10-01-senate.pdf

[maggief]

webofdeception.com research: Peter M. Rouse and
his vote in the November 2008 election as a
Alaskan voter with a Homestead Exemption in
DC.

(More ...)

http://webofdeception.com/rouse.html

[lonestar]

“I fix problems,” he said, explaining his new role.

I can't think of anything I'd rather not have on my resume than that...pertaining to the Obama WH!

Is he the one who thinks all problems are "fixed" by blaming GWB?

[hoosiermama]

What are the qualifications for voting in Alaska....and the penalty for breaking those laws?

[roses of sharon]

Didn’t he have something to do with setting Levi up with a Hollywood agent?

Seems like I read about that a long time ago...that he got Levi’s mom a lawyer, and Levi a PR guy?

[maggief]

Apparently he’s claiming he’s an Alaskan resident ... (yet he filed for DC homestead credit?)

http://www.elections.alaska.gov/vi_vr_who_can.php

http://askasl.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-do-i-become-alaska-resident.html

How do I become an Alaska Resident?
Question: How do I become an Alaska resident?

Answer: This is another “It Depends!” answer because State agencies have different criteria to define Alaska residency. The following are the most frequently requested.

* For questions about Alaska Student Loans residency requirements, contact AlaskAdvantage Programs. You can find contact information at http://alaskadvantage.state.ak.us/forms/contact.aspx
* Residency requirements for the Alaska Permanent Fund are located on the Basic Eligibility Requirements for the Alaska Permanent Fund page at:http://www.pfd.state.ak.us/eligibility/
* Voting eligibility requirement in Alaska can be found on the Division of Elections FAQ Elections Questions page at: http://ltgov.state.ak.us/elections/faqs.php
* Hunting and fishing license residency requirements can be found on the Alaska Fish and Game page at: http://www.admin.adfg.state.ak.us/license/faqlic.html#1
* Residency requirements to take part in Alaska State Land Offerings can be found on the State Lands page at: http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/mlw/landsale/sale_faq.htm

[FroggyTheGremlim]

Rouse rhymes with “louse?”

[deport]

Ari the brother of Rahm Emanuel is Levi’s agent. Don’t know about the other connections you mentioned.