thing called american democracy. your time is limited and it should be. good evening from new york. today, president obama set the tone for the next act of his presidency by making a key personnel announcement. today, i am proud to announce the appointment of an experienced public servant, a devoted patriot, my friend, fellow chicagoian, bill daley, to serve as my chief of staff. [ applause ] at least the ceremony went more smoothly than the last time daley was up for a presidential appointment, as president clinton s secretary of commerce. those that accompany me on these i think he is finally fainting. daley s return to government straight from serving as the midwest chairman of jpmorgan
business friendly guy to the economic team, gene sperling the week he brought in former clinton commerce secretary, a sign that he is changing? karl rove? guest: look, a nuanced view. look, 103,000 more people working, good. but be clear, 2.3 million fewer are working today than the day that president obama came into office and we are 5.9 million jobs fewer people employed than he said would be. employed at this point if we passed the stimulus bill, $814 billion would put people to work immediately. gene sperling has been at the treasury department of president obama and this is a lateral move, from the treasury department to the white house, and this is no big policy deal. neil: he is bringing a lot with clinton administration. guest: and daley is a smart
done for your industry, state, your city. still feel that way? guest: i am glad harry reid has been elected, a good citizen of nevada and i look at nevada going forward and he was elected and i like the choice dramatically over who he was running against. that is yesterday s news. we are back to getting this congress to work. we hope it does. getting the president to work. neil: and meeting with the chamber. not sounding nasty, a former clinton commerce secretary coming in, encouraging. guest: it is encouraged. jury is out. but it is encouraging. because everyone recognizes that we have problems in washington, we have problems in the business commune, we in the business community are mad at washington, washington is in disarray of the we need to work collectively to get this economy moving forward, to get the jobs numbers up, to get unemployment down, to create more disposal income and at the end of the day we will be a
attacked by his party for his choice of chief of staff? never. such is the unique burden of the obama white house. the president has chosen a new chief of staff. it s been called the second most important job in washington after the president, of course. my new chief of staff, bill daley. do we change our name of the show to the daley rundown. change has come to the white house again. i am pleased to answer your call. president obama s pick for chief of staff replacement for rahm emanuel is another chicagoian and another lightning rod for criticism from the president s base. he will be conservative. you can t ignore and betray your base. he is a thinker but not really a thinker. working for jpmorgan chase. former clinton commerce secretary. a potential target of familiar criticism from the right. what aids say to me earlier, there is a machine in chicago but barack obama was never a part of it. chuck said that obama doesn t
trait. but most of all, i know bill to be somebody who cares deeply about this country. believes in its promise and considers no calling higher and more important than serving the american people. will he be the real chief of staff, chuck, first, and then howard. will he able to hire and fire in the white house or will everything has to be approved by the president. well, no, i think that he ll have real power. this is not to say that he has to get everything approved but more of an inside/outside game. he ll not be gate who will try to legislate congress. you know, obama 1.0 was working with congress, 2.0 is getting there message out in the country and figuring out how to use the presidency and the executive branch without dealing with congress as much. it was sort of the challenge that clinton had in after republicans took control of congress. and that s what he s going to be, he ll be more of an outside game, where pete rouse, who s still staying, he there to deal