Senior White House adviser Rouse has been declared as the successor to Rahm Emanuel as White House chief of staff. Rouse is called a low-key fixer, in sharp distinction to the volatile Emanuel, who’s leaving the White House to run for mayor of Chicago. The consensus in political circles is that Rouse has taken on what could be an unrewarding headache for the remainder of Obama’s term if Republicans come out ahead within the November elections.
Pete Rouse is getting known as the ‘anti-Rahm’
President Obama declared Friday that White House chief of staff was going to be taken over by Pete Rouse. He said Rouse was a “skillful issue solver” which is why he got the position. Sheryl Gay Stohlberg of the NY Times said Rouse was virtually unknown outside the White House, however he has been very influential within it. Stohlberg believes that “Rouse is the anti-Rahm,” apparently. Rouse is a behind the scenes kind of person while Emanuel made sure everyone knew he was part of the good things taking place. Rouse was chief of staff for previous Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle and ran Obama’s senatorial office. He moved with Obama to the White House as a senior adviser described as extraordinarily close to the president.
Hardest job in govt
It appears like Pete Rouse has a lot to do with his new job. It has got to be hard taking over Emanuel’s job. The difficult political climate the White House is facing had Dana Milbank of the Washington Post saying Rouse had “the worst week in Washington” even before his appointment was made official. Milbank explained that Rouse is now going to be “stepping into the toughest job in government at one of the hardest times imaginable.” Democrats are likely to lose many of their seats in the November elections. Getting Obama’s agenda passed over the next two years could be harder than ever.
Palin getting mad already
Sarah Palin has already gotten very angry with Pete Rouse. Cable News Network tells us that Palin didn’t like listening to Rouse was even a candidate to replace Emanuel. As soon as his name came up, she began tweeting innuendo. Rouse wanted to collect the state’s dividend in Alaska, says Palin, so he kept his voter registration there, reports Cable News Network. Check out the Alaska Permanent Fund dividend record. Rouse is not on there anywhere. Palin’s accusations were called “fairly silly,” by Robert Gibbs, White House Press Secretary.
The proof is here:
New York Times
nytimes.com/2010/10/01/us/politics/01rouse.html?_r=2
Washington Post
washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/01/AR2010100103292.html
CNN
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/01/palin-jousts-with-rouse/?npt=NP1
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