... of Intergovernmental Affairs
* Valerie Jarrett, Assistant to the President & Senior Advisor
* Nancy Ann DeParle, Assistant to the President & Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
* Melody Barnes, Assistant to the President & Director of Domestic Policy Council
* Gene Sperling, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy & Director of National Economic Council
* Austan Goolsbee,...
The Obama administration has released the final version of their "Citizen's Briefing Book", the culmination of them soliciting ideas from the citizenry. See the link for the backstory, and you can download a copy from whitehouse.gov/ope.
Out of sixty "top" ideas, none even mention immigration. That serves to illustrate yet another downside to popular voting systems. In fact, three of the five...
... involved are all Chicago hacks: Valerie Jarrett (promoter of the CBB, Obama's fixer, and former Richard M Daley employee), Michael Strautmanis, and Tina Tchen.
... Rathod. The other letter is from Valerie Jarrett, John Podesta, and Pete Rouse, and likewise pawns off contact on others in case Blago wanted to "share thoughts". Whether similar letters were sent to other governors isn't known.
The only three things that seem like they might hold promise are:
1. The fact that JW's FOIA request was not complied with in full; Erin Knowles from Blago's office says...
... President-Elect); December 19, 2008 (Valerie Jarrett); and December 20, 2008 (Rahm Emanuel).
Hugh Hewitt thinks the order of questioning doesn't seem right.
Per the report, Obama "had no contact or communication with Governor Blagojevich or members of his staff about the Senate seat". However, BHO used David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel to communicate a list of "qualified candidates" to Rod...
... Obama - or at least his advisor Valerie Jarrett - probably knew what he was doing; see the "SEIU Official" paragraph below. And, Obama may have lied about his recent conversations with Blago; see the first update. Uh-oh: Obama might be more worried about this than it would at first appear; see the second update.
From a U.S. Department of Justice press release (usdoj.gov/usao/iln/pr/chicago/...
... one possibility is BHO fixer Valerie Jarrett.
At Interior, Bill Richardson is one of five.
As the Department of Justice, Janet Napolitano, Rep. Artur Davis, and Eric Holder are listed. Someone from the latter's law firm visited this site after I posted about the viral video attempt at that link.
Also, from the link:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. might be the head of the Environmental Protection Agency;...