Subject: FW: Good morning, Robert
From: "Anita Dunn" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked], "Jennifer Palmieri" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:18:33 -0500

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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