I was stopping by the Huffington Post. Despite their use of Drudge-like tactics to sensationalize stuff, I still have respect for that place. Anyway, I was stopping by when I noticed a report that said that White House Counsel Greg Craig is leaving soon and is going to be replaced by Obama's personal attorney Bob Bauer.
More below the fold.
Embattled White House Counsel Greg Craig is said to be departing from the Obama administration, the Washington Post, among others, reported late Thursday. He will be replaced by Democratic lawyer Bob Bauer, who is also Obama's personal attorney.
Naturally, I was afraid that it was another capitulation, but after reading it, I feel that it was all Greg Craig's decision. As White House Counsel, he did good things. Among them, he worked to keep the president's promise of closing Gitmo (although that had many hitches) and he was one of the key figures in convincing Obama to release of the infamous torture memos months ago. It was no easy decision, but the release was necessary since it proved unequivocally that the Bush Administration advocated the use of torture.
Greg Craig did a good job. He could have done a better job at approaching Gitmo's closure, but so long as the administration is still committed to getting it done (it received an unnecessary large delay when the GOP fearmongered about terrorists being "sent to walk among us"). I highly doubt it'll get done on time, but as long as it gets done. Anything that gets Cheney and his little daughter up in a tiff is a good thing.
The comment section was flooded with a few conservatards (Beck-heads and the like) claiming they scalped another one (not true, turnover rates are fairly common for advisers since they usually get pay cuts to work for the WH), a few concern trolls bellyaching about this "capitulation" to Fox and the right wing, and the rest were people working diligently to call BS to the above two demographics.
What are your thoughts on this? I personally think that Craig is leaving because he thinks he has done all he can and is now just biding his time, but that's just my opinion.
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In other news, Goldman Sachs is advising health insurance companies that destroying any kind of reform is a goal they should pursue. Methinks that the regulations that exist in the House bill (the ones that take effect in 2010) are giving the cartel headaches.
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Live long and prosper, Kossacks.
(P.S. I didn't include "BREAKING" in the title because it would create unnecessary hype for this story.)