Obama Chief-of-Staff Bill Daley Resigns Effective End of January
- Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:23pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — William Daley is resigning as President Barack Obama’s chief of staff just one year into the one of the most pivotal jobs in politics, senior administration officials said Monday.
(Related: Daley criticized for leadership, interviews)
Daley’s job as day-to-day manager of the White House operation had already been changing – if not diminishing – as senior Obama aide Pete Rouse took over more of those duties in November. At the time, the Wall Street Journal reported Daley’s responsibilities had been cut back, and Business Insider said he was, in effect, “demoted.”
Yet Daley was not expected to leave the job and return to Chicago, where his family has long held a political dynasty, until after the November presidential election.
Officials confirmed the news on condition of anonymity because the president had not yet announced it. The president planned to do so later Monday afternoon.
Obama will now have the third chief of his staff of his presidency in the midst of a re-election year.
Daley is to be replaced by Jacob Lew, now the White House budget director. The change will be effective at the end of the month.
Obama chose Daley to be his White House chief of staff in January 2011, but the former banker and veteran political fighter Daley has had a somewhat rocky tenure.
In the least, the job has not seemed like the best fit.
Daley had been brought in to improve relations with the business community, Republican lawmakers and others with whom he had built ties over the years. He replaced Rahm Emanuel, who is now Chicago’s mayor.
Daley served as commerce secretary under President Bill Clinton and ran Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign. He’s the brother of recently retired Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and the youngest son of legendary Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley.
Daley’s resignation was first reported by the Chicago Tribune/Los Angeles Times.
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Comments (120)
Injunator
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:06pm“Political Campaigns Win or Lose” multi-millions are wasted, on what television, radio talk, ads newspapers, “Spin Doctors” whose offer is to charm you is illicit, filthy lucre but millions are spent . . . so if this is a way so be it: You shall go your own Way . . . . and be filled with your own ways and prosper . . . .
Report Post »TheObamanation
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:14pmAnother Clinton retread like Leon Panetta … so much for the Hopey Changey facade.
Report Post »ConservativeCharlie
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 4:13pmThis was after daily got into a fight with Michele. http://www.TheObamaPlan.com
Report Post »Patrick Henry II
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 8:47pmhttp://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2012/01/09/poll-americans-2-1-fear-obamas-reelection
Report Post »And this is why. New poll shows 2:1 biggest fear in America for 2012 is if Obama is re-elected.
VeritasOmniaVinculaVincit
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:03pmFunny – go back and read Alvin691′s post = so true, and so damn funny!!
Report Post »poster
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:01pmI wonder if he was there long enough to qualify for yet another government pension.
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:37pmYup
Report Post »turkey13
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 5:17pmYou only have to be there one month to get a pension from the Government. Daily stayed longer than I expected. His family are the ones that say “Jump” and you say how high. I think he figured that this was one big ship and it has started to sink already. A ship this big will suck everything around for hundreds of feet down and you won’t be able to swim fast enough to get away.
Report Post »gmoneytx
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:00pmMoochele didn’t like the white boy!
Report Post »NoRoomForSocialismHere
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:04pmdats right and he could not be a friend of business
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:07pmMore like Valerie Jarrett didn’t like da white boy.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:20pmMy suspicion is Daley wanted things done one way and His Royal Higness Bonny Prince Barry wanted things done another way. Daley mishandled the debt fight with Boehner (yes…even though Barry was missing for most of it). And I’d say this recent non-recess appointment madness by Dear Leader was enough to send Daley packing.
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:40pmNo , he had 2 get back 2 the Chicago mob.
Report Post »rjoco1
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:59pmBTW- has any one seen or heard from Joey Biden. Is he getting some cosmetic treatment?
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:32pmHe’s talking with Hillary about what excuse they want him to use when Hillary runs for his job this year.
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:58pmYes , he is getting more hair plugs before we fire him ! hehehe
Report Post »southernORcobra
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 4:18pmhe’s rehearsing for his next stupid public comment
Report Post »lvjohn
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 4:23pmYep he is having a brain transplant and his mouth sewn shut.
Report Post »huey6367
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:57pmIs he resigning because he was asked/told or because he has had enough?
Maybe he was asked/told to go because he knows too much during an election year.
Maybe he has a conscious and is just sick of all the game playing that occurs in the Obammy administration (and there is a lot – ask around).
We will never know the answer to that unless he releases a tell-all book. Ya know how that goes.
Report Post »gmoneytx
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:00pmdemon-rats don’t have a conscience.
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:56pmCan’t wait to see the scandal that prompted this.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:33pmI’m guessing it might have something to do with the non-recess appointment of Cordray and those 2 NRLB commies.
Report Post »tbolt71
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:35pmmaybe it’s because Orly Taitz was finally able to hit Obama with a subpoena to produce his records on January 26 in Georgia….watch for the trip(i’m sure he will call it a campaign trip)
Report Post »bankerpapaw
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:56pmNow if we could just get his inept boss to quit and crawl back to the gutters of Chicago.
Report Post »Delta D-5-3
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:59pmGezzz, wonder what William see’s coming??????? Or maybe he just wants to work for Soros. Oh wait…………
Report Post »Rightsofman
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:54pmI can’t keep up – how many “close advisers” does this guy have?
Report Post »kentuckypatriot
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:04pmIf you count czars, I’d estimate close to 16 trillion? oh wait, that’s the debt. Oops my bad, but hey who’s counting?
Report Post »lodgerat
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:42pmEverybody but the American people. Every union thug, marxist, socialist and commie he could scape together. The one I miss is Anita Dunn always talking about Mao. No wait, It was the commie green czar Van Jones…Oh heck, I can’t make up my mind..lol :o)
Report Post »bankerpapaw
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:53pmNow if we could get his boss to quit and go back to the gutters of Chicago.
Report Post »Crazy Times
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:53pmWho knows… maybe Daley was going to run for mayor himself, but they wanted to slip old Rahm in….and now the boot..
Report Post »guntotinsquaw
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:52pmKind of brings to mind the old saying about rats on a sinking ship.
TEA 2012
Report Post »TeaPartyPatriot
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:50pmAnother rat leaving the sinking ship of OBOZO.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:48pmDid Romney really strap his dog to the top of his car and make a 12 hour trip to Canada? Is he so callous as to frighten a poor animal like this? If that man did this I will vote for Rick Santorum. If this man did this to an animal what would he do to the American people?
Report Post »Seagal45
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:16pmWHAT does this have to do with this story?
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:31pmDogs Vote Democrat.Just ask Acorn.
Report Post »pandora
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:32pmHey, it was the dog’s word against his.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:34pmBLACKYB?
You are confused Obummer strapped Americans with OBUMMERCARE
and then gave WAIVERS to Unions and McDonalds
Forget about the dog—–But stay on the porch!!!!!!!
OMG!!!!!
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:45pmTo have been fired by Obama must mean the man fired must have a conscious.
Report Post »EchoHawk
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:52pmThis is not a rhetorical question. Are you that retarded?
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:45pmMichelle did it again :)
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:45pmSoros has a replacement already picked!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:44pmNow the bloodletting will commense with a vengence among the Obama czars; only the most fanatical will remain to the end.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:09pmYes .. and how many remain that we don’t even know about .. those behind the curtain are the ones that we should be worried about .. this one just doesn’t want to go down with the ship … RATS.
Report Post »mrsalvage2
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:43pmGood help is hard to find?
Report Post »Alvin691
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:42pmThe Obama Administration – Too corrupt for even Bill Daley.
Report Post »VeritasOmniaVinculaVincit
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:01pmExcellent!! You made me laugh out loud!! No truer words have been spoken about both parties involved!! So very true!!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:11pmLOL .. that is true … and bad!!! ROFL …
Report Post »PlowMan
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:15pmThat is awsome!! I am from Illinois and, farnkly, I don’t want this guy back (Obama). Wonder if he will move to Hawaii when he is ousted? Even NY would be good for me.
Report Post »lodgerat
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:31pmThe talking heads on TV said he was to moderate for the NoBama administration..Now that’s scary.
Report Post »He told others Valerie Jarrad was really running things and he didn’t like it. Just saying
BOMUSTGO
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 7:08pmWe hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
Report Post »Aesop
bts61240
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:34pmLike rats jumping off a burning ship
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:44pmOn the otherhand it should be compliment to have been fired by Obama. The man must not the makings of a good thug.
Report Post »HotFixIt
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:33pmHow many does this make now that have left the Obama administration? I sure wish we knew what they know! That ‘tell all” book sure would be a best seller.
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:32pmFor the past couple of years, Obama’s people have been jumping off his sinking ship, in record numbers.
Report Post »AxelPhantom
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:30pmThe Obama administration was too corrupt and screwed up even for the Chicago Daley machine!!!
Report Post »IMPEACHBHO
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:29pmOf course the Chicago Trib. got the news first. The Admin. is part of the Chicago machine.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:34pmAm sure the administration’s other favorite mouth piece, The New York Times, is sore they didn’t get to leak it first ! They usually peddle all of the Obama propaganda early.
Report Post »teapartyconservatism
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:36pmYou can’t impeach Obama because he is not legally holding the office. He is not a natural born citizen and therefore he is Constitutionally ineligible to be president. Usurpers are deposed and arrested!
Even if Obama was born in HI despite allegations by numerous experts that his birth certificate and social security number are fraudulent, his Kenyan father precludes his being a natural born citizen in violation of Article 2, Section 1.
This is confirmed by a logical reading of the Constitution; the 3rd Congress, “An act to establish an uniform rule of Naturalization; and to repeal the act heretofore passed on that subject,” 1/29/1795; 14th Amendment framer Rep. John Bingham; Supreme Court rulings; Senate Res. 511, 4/3/08; expert opinion of constitutional scholar and 30 year professor of constitutional law, Harvard graduate Dr. Herbert W. Titus; field grade military officers such as Major General Paul Vallely, U.S. Army, Ret., Col. Lawrence Sellin Ph.D., U.S. Army, Ret., former U.S. Army Lt. Col. Terry Lakin, MD.; Dr. Alan Keyes, US Ambassador, Ret.; and a host of concerned attorney’s such as Leo Donofrio, JD., Esq., Mario Apuzzo, JD., Esq., Dr. Orly Taitz, DDS., JD., Esq., and Van R Irion, JD., Founder Liberty Legal Foundation.
Glenn Beck needs to wake up! Since he thinks ignoring the Constitution is funny, I decided canceling my subscription was funny too! How about you?
http://www.obamabirthcertificate.net
Report Post »Clive
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:43pmkeep it up with the birther stuff buddy, its getting us really far.
Report Post »gwssacredcause
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:06pm@TEAPARTYCONSERVATISM As Americans if we come to the same conclusion but by different paths we will still stand together. I never subscribed because of warning signs I saw early.
Report Post »teapartyconservatism
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 9:33pm@Clive
If you read the post, you will see that it has nothing to do with “birther stuff” and everything to do with supporting and defending the Constitution. We know where Glenn Beck stands on that. Where do you stand?
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