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The Obama White House is considering William Daley as the new chief of staff, but no final decisions have been made, and interim chief of staff Peter Rouse still has not finalized whether he wants to stay.
Daley, who lives in Chicago, is Midwest chairman for New York-based J. P. Morgan Chase & Co. and is the bank's head of corporate responsibility.
He is also the brother of Mayor Richard M. Daley and a close friend and mentor to former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. After Mayor Daley announced he was not seeking another term, Emanuel left the Obama White House in October to return to Chicago to run for mayor.
William Daley was also chairman of former Vice President Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign and would come on board as the Obama White House is ramping up for the 2012 re-election campaign.
Bloomberg News first reported on Monday that Daley was under consideration for the chief of staff or other top post. Politics Daily has learned that Daley is at the top of the list for chief of staff, but nothing has been offered yet in part because the Rouse piece -- whether or not he wants to stay -- has not been decided.
William Daley would bring vast political and government experience to the job and give President Obama a comfort factor an outsider could not: Daley is very close to Senior White House Adviser David Axelrod, who also was a top adviser to Mayor Daley.

Daley would also bolster the Obama White House outreach to the business community, an area that needs work as Obama starts a potentially very rough patch with a GOP-controlled House taking over on Wednesday and a large potential group of 2010 GOP presidential hopefuls.

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ForgetDC

Anyone know what is in the new "food safety bill"? Probably not much about food safety. Food prices will be escalating in addition to the $5 gallon gas we are about to see. 12 months from now you may not recognize the USA. I know that these food safety regulations will not apply to imported foods. Look for some food shortages. Better stock up and and find some good recipes for squirrel, crow, and ground hog.

January 04 2011 at 9:50 AM Report abuse +4 rate up rate down Reply
miselaineyus

PERFECT together! Another Chicago gangster mentality as Obuma's Chief-of-Staff! Guess all the has been polls in the windy, crooked City will now flock to the White House! Well, birds of ....!

January 04 2011 at 9:48 AM Report abuse +5 rate up rate down Reply
DebDornack

Oh sure, another Chicago thug buddy in the white house. Obama is a total disgrace to our country. He and his administration have done nothing but undermine the will of the american people.

January 04 2011 at 9:41 AM Report abuse +4 rate up rate down Reply
sealtheborder1

What is this????? Obama appointing the CHAIRMAN of GP Morgan Chase as chief of staff??? I thought only the repubs were in bed with big banking and big business! Another DEM made up lie goes down in flames!!!! LOL

January 04 2011 at 9:23 AM Report abuse +7 rate up rate down Reply
rhmomnda

Yet another Chicago THUG now on the teat of the taxpayer. Al Capone would be proud. Will Daley resurrect the phrase " Vote early and often" made famous by his father? Disgusting bunch.

January 04 2011 at 9:21 AM Report abuse +16 rate up rate down Reply
Truwriter

Another Chicago political mobster who is good getting money and selling services. Rahm should have gone to jail and may still for tampering with the PA Senatorial election. He admitted offering Joe Sestak the Dem favorite a job that paid twice as much as Senator if he would drop out of the primary weeks before the election so that Arlen Spector could win the nomination. Sestak not only won the nomination but the election as well, so it was Obama trying to tamper with a Senate electin and deny PA voters the right to choose who is in the Senate. That dwarfs the criminal conduct of the Watergate. We should have a Special Prosecutor for that as the Eric Holder DOJ would not do it. Holder was Clinton's bag man who sold Presidential pardons at the end of the Clinton second term.

January 04 2011 at 9:06 AM Report abuse +12 rate up rate down Reply
dirkwdeyoung

It is completely stupid to bring in another Chicago guy. He needs a powerful Washington insider, who can start making deals. This will be the death blow for the Obama Presidency. I guess he doesn't really want a second term, just kissing up to the Chicago power elite, to assure a nice retirement.

January 04 2011 at 8:49 AM Report abuse +11 rate up rate down Reply
gtrepo1

Would you expect any other Chicago thug for the white house, Just another crook getting another tax payer job. Odumbo will not put the best person in any job. Just another day of Chicago politics in the white house, Cant wait until 2012,

January 04 2011 at 8:06 AM Report abuse +15 rate up rate down Reply
kooter985

Ah yes, William Daley, the guy who tried to fix the election in Florida for Al Gore and lost. Not surprised that Obama would want someone of his "shady" caliber to try and save his presidency. Being a "gopher" for Mayor Daley speaks volumes for this guy's character.

January 04 2011 at 7:41 AM Report abuse +13 rate up rate down Reply
DAVE

Another black dude from chicago in the administration. Boy, am I surprised. Seems like obummers life sort of rotates around chicago. I hope they want him back in 2013 after the next elections.

January 04 2011 at 6:49 AM Report abuse +9 rate up rate down Reply

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