major legislative accomplishments, the second came under don regan, former ceo. things went way off track. they had the iran contra scandal and regan got fired. and the third was the howard baker, that was much more productive. what do you think the differences will be? it varied a lot. i think there s going to be a huge change in style in the office. clearly the trust level is high for both rahm on the president s part for both rahm and pete rouse. but the change in style, and i don t have any doubt that pete rouse is going to be a superb manager. people on staff love him. i ve gotten to know him. he s a heck of a guy. i think the big questions are, is there going to be a pivot to the center by president obama in the next couple of years? i think that s pretty vital to his governing. people on the left thinks he needs to pivot more to the left. but i so far, the appointment suggests continuity of change.
and regan got fired. the third when they brought back baker back in that. what do you think the noticeable difference will be? i think there s going to be a huge change in style of the office. clearly, the trust level is high for both, on the president s part for both rahm and pete rouse but the change in style, i don t think there s any doubt pete rouse will be a sue pearl manager. he s a heck of a nice guy. i think it big questions are the ones, are the substantive question, is there going to be a pivot to the center by president obama in the next couple of years? i think that s pretty vital to his governing. people on the left think he needs to pivot more to the left. so far, the appointment suggests continuity, not change. ed, do you agree? do you think there will be more of a pivot to the center and do you think it s important? very, it s very important. i don t think that nancy pelosi and harry reid survives, which i