Friends with Valerie Jarrett and who is a behindthescenes adviser to her husband in a way that is quite different because in many respects, michelle behaves toward her husband as though she knows better. He said in public that shes the boss. He often sounds like a henpecked guy i must say. I know thats very you know radical to say that but i think theres a lot of truth to that. These women, both michelle and valerie, have enormous influence over his policy decisions. Another concrete example bill daly was the chief of staff of the obama white house, he said after he resigned that he and obama would come to an agreement and then Valerie Jarrett would go upstairs to the residents that night, spend the evening up there talking to barack and michelle and the next morning the president would come down and contravene and throw out the agreement that he and daley had an daley resigned because he said he couldnt function without kind of white house. Host we talk about a variety of topics and t
After the Midterm Election and see whos going to be running. These republicans are going down the tubes, trust me. I will call back after the Midterm Election and that like you to come back and listen to my comments, okay . Guest i would like Nothing Better than to come back to cspan and if they invite me i will be here and i would be delighted to talk to you after the Midterm Elections. Host mr. Klein a comment from twitter. This is about president ial advisers which i think this is on the topics of your book. Didi fredericks writes do you think the advisers of president obama and president clinton came from the same exclusive think tank pool . Guest , i dont. I think president clintons advisers came from what was called the Democratic Leadership Council which was a centerleft group that tried to bring the Democratic Party away from its radical base to more of a centrist position. The Obama Administration has been by and large, not entirely but by and large run in its policy decisions