I’m inclined to agree, but I must trust Trump’s instincts.
Love it. Perfect guy for the job. You have to be detailed oriented and watch a timeclock. Gingrich would hate the job. The RNC guy has been phenomenal since taking over gaining us over 1,000 seat during his tenure.
Rinse Myass is an establishment infiltrator. Don’t do it Trump.
Keep your friends close and your enemies in the next office?
Priebus would not be my first pick but he has organizational skills and knows how Washington works. Plus he knows everybody, and that is unquestionably a good thing.
Ah, as far is being a weasel, he was less weasly than others :)
I believe Trump said something like, he would not have won without Reince.
Trump’s getting a wide berth from me....I trust his instincts.
I want Brannon. We don’t want GOPe any more.
Damn. I was promised Chief of Staff.
Priebus could have given real force to the NeverTrump crowd in his position and it was clear they expected him to. For whatever reason, he wouldn’t and didn’t. This itself is deserving of reward.
He may be but I don’t think this guy really knows.
He proved his loyalty to Trump after the nomination. He stayed with him while all the chickens ran home to momma.
I’m not worried. Trump has spent more time around Rinse than any of us have. It’s not like these people can go rogue on him and he’ll just sit back and take it.
I trust Trump’s instincts, after all, he won while spending almost nothing on ads. Even before that, he defeated 16 republican candidates, including Jeb who spent about $150 MILLION and got about 4 delegates. Anyone smart enough to do that, is smart enough to know who to pick. Besides, you can’t have an administration made up of all outsiders, nothing would be accomplished.
Now, I hope he brings in more outsiders, and independent minded people, and no neo-con artists, or left over Bushites.
I predict Trump shakes up his staff within six months of his first term—and after that moves ahead with a really great staff.
The only defense I can have for this is if it helps him get through massive reforms and really good cabinet nominations in his first three months in office.
But I still think it is a bad idea.
Well, it’s not the choice I would make, but...
Priebus harnessed recalcitrant Republicans to support Trump, dedicated a lot of RNC resources to his election, and is an effective manager (though not as effective as Kellyanne Conway, IMO.)
And he’s a friend of Ryan’s, so he might be able to help with Congressional relations. (But they already have Pence for that.)
Unfortunately, as Chief of Staff, he’ll probably bring in a lot of Establishemnt Republicans who don’t share — or even see — Trump’s vision, and as Morton Blackwell reminds us, “personnel is policy.”
Could be true but...
Caputo ain’t a person Trump wants his people giving juicy leaks.
Not a problem. Trump can keep Priebus on a short leash. He steps out of line and he’s out. It’s no problem.
And I’m confident he fully understands this.