Subject: RE: Good morning, Robert
From: "Anita Dunn" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked], "Jennifer Palmieri" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:03:49 -0500

Gibbs is knocking it down.  Jason's e-mail is [email-masked]
and I forwarded this.  Jason thinks this is also coming from the
Hill....

-----Original Message-----
From: [email-masked] [mailto:[email-masked]] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 9:11 AM
To: Anita Dunn; Jennifer Palmieri
Subject: Re: Good morning, Robert

I think we should knock this down. This is Bush putting it out. Only
helps them. We want to stay 1000 miles away from Kashkari. And we can
get people confirmed day 1 with or without Bush's help. I don't have
Jason's email. Can you forward. I think we should say we are not going
to discuss but this is fundamentally wrong. Maybe there are secret
negotiations about Kashkari I don't know about, but seems crazy.
------Original Message------
From: Anita Dunn
To: [email-masked]
To: Jennifer Palmieri
Sent: Oct 22, 2008 9:18 AM
Subject: FW: Good morning, Robert

       Fyi - our guidance is as usual to say nothing 

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Gibbs 
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 8:02 AM
To: Anita Dunn; Dan Pfeiffer; David Plouffe; David Axelrod (AKPD Media)
Subject: Fw: Good morning, Robert

Any guidance?

----- Original Message -----
From: Weisman, Jonathan <[email-masked]>
To: Robert Gibbs
Sent: Wed Oct 22 07:52:20 2008
Subject: Good morning, Robert

I meant to corner you last night on this. One of our dogged Treasury
reporters got word that there is discussion within the Obama campaign
that they will ask Bush (if Obama wins) to send some of the new
president's nominees up for confirmation BEFORE inauguration day, so
that some key posts could be confirmed before Obama even takes office.
That would allow the government to hit the ground running in January.
Dems would in exchange allow a vote on Colombia... they might also vote
to confirm Kashkari (not sure why that would be important). There is
also talk about Sheila Bair being given a prominent -- perhaps cabinet
level -- post in the Obama administration.

The reporter is pursuing, but I would like some guidance. It could be a
strong story about Obama economic crisis planning, and of course would
be couched in all the "if he is elected" caveats.
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