Reputational Kryptonite
Add Bill Daley's name to the long list of those inside or closely associated with the Obama administration who have had their reputations seriously compromised.
In case you missed it, Mr. Daley, while retaining his Chief of Staff title, has apparently been asked to give up many of his primary responsibilities. Yep, another Obama-assisted suicide. So much for the palpable enthusiasm in Lib-land ten short months ago when Daley was brought in to be the panacea for all that led to the Dems mid-term annihilation.
Insofar as I can tell, there are three categories of insiders orbiting the Obama sun, each with a pre-destined reputational outcome: 1) Staunch Lefties (e.g. Van Jones, Eric Holder, etc.) who have unwittingly been given the opportunity and rope necessary to hang themselves with the absurdity of their policy positions and/or sheer ineptitude. 2) Moderates and quasi-moderates (e.g. the economic team, Bill Daley, etc.) who have had to present/defend Obama's social justice programs as their own. And 3) The Clinton's, who emerge unscathed and possibly stronger...like cockroaches, able to survive an Ice Age, an asteroid hit the equivalent of thermo-nuclear war, and worst of all...Obamanomics.
If only Icarus were a Clinton.
Take solace Mr. Daley; you (and your reputation) are but one of many left in Obama's wake (see: Geithner, Summers, Romer, Zandi, Sebelius, Chu, Holder, and Buffett to some extent, just to name a few.
Don't worry; Obama's dragged more people down than the Killington Ski Patrol.
Hillary, don't forget to turn out the lights.
In case you missed it, Mr. Daley, while retaining his Chief of Staff title, has apparently been asked to give up many of his primary responsibilities. Yep, another Obama-assisted suicide. So much for the palpable enthusiasm in Lib-land ten short months ago when Daley was brought in to be the panacea for all that led to the Dems mid-term annihilation.
Insofar as I can tell, there are three categories of insiders orbiting the Obama sun, each with a pre-destined reputational outcome: 1) Staunch Lefties (e.g. Van Jones, Eric Holder, etc.) who have unwittingly been given the opportunity and rope necessary to hang themselves with the absurdity of their policy positions and/or sheer ineptitude. 2) Moderates and quasi-moderates (e.g. the economic team, Bill Daley, etc.) who have had to present/defend Obama's social justice programs as their own. And 3) The Clinton's, who emerge unscathed and possibly stronger...like cockroaches, able to survive an Ice Age, an asteroid hit the equivalent of thermo-nuclear war, and worst of all...Obamanomics.
If only Icarus were a Clinton.
Take solace Mr. Daley; you (and your reputation) are but one of many left in Obama's wake (see: Geithner, Summers, Romer, Zandi, Sebelius, Chu, Holder, and Buffett to some extent, just to name a few.
Don't worry; Obama's dragged more people down than the Killington Ski Patrol.
Hillary, don't forget to turn out the lights.
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