these reports of claims imminent demise are not only exaggerated but part of the almost annual obligatory exercise in blaimg the chief. that is part of the job. one reason we're talking about a shakeup here is because the former guy as joe biden used to call him or likes to call him went through white house chiefs like bell hops in a trump hotel. chiefs are used to being blamed. it goes with the territory. james baker iii used to say he walked around with a target on his front and back to which rahm emanuel replied those aren't the only parts. the job is to catch the spears and take the bullets for the old man. that's just the way it goes. >> you know, you point out bill clinton brought in leon panetta as a new chief of staff a year into his presidency. you say the white house unlike clinton's, this white house, is