Subject: Ambinder on next WH COS
From: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 08:13:53 -0400

White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has said publicly he probably  
won't stay in his position for much longer than two years. Who might  
replace him? It's irresponsible to speculate, perhaps, but it's fun.  
It's not irresponsible to print the results of an off-the-record  
canvass of senior White House officials and Democrats close to the  
White House. President Obama may not have begun to think about this,  
so even this canvass ought not be taken with anything other than a  
grain of salt.  Here are two potential candidates: Former Sen. Tom  
Daschle -- he remains in solid standing with the President, who  
believes that Daschle was treated unfairly when his nomination to the  
cabinet was nixed. Still, current and former "advisor" clients could  
be trouble.Ron Klain -- Vice President Biden's Chief of Staff has a  
much larger portfolio than his title would indicate, and has managed  
to restore honor to a position sullied by previous occupants. Still,  
no VP CoS has ever ascended to the POTUS position, and two years in  
the job has marked Klain as Biden's Guy.  Sen. Dick Durbin, if he  
wants the job, would probably get it.

Tom Donilon, the troubleshooter and daily manager of events on the  
National Security Staff. He's widely liked, inside and outside the 18  
Acres. Then Phil Schiliro, the current chief liaison to Congress. A  
former Congressional chief of staff, he knows how to work with House  
and Senate Democrats -- and maybe Republicans.   The President really  
trusts both of these men. ... Who else: Chris Dodd, Janet Napolitano  
and Tom Vilsack.

Eric D. Schwerin
[email-masked]

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