Lame Duck Bail Outs - Obama Loses Yet Another Staffer

By Elizabeth Nelson

Another one bites the dust, as another Obama Staffer jumps ship.  This time it's his  longtime aide and confidant, serving since 2008, Dan Pfeiffer.  I've had the [sarcastic] pleasure of his wordy emails, so I'm sure Obama will miss his wisdom and constant candied and syrupy sweet ego stroking.  His will be some big shoes to fill.

Longest-serving staffer from Obama's 2008 campaign stepping down: http://t.co/IfmIalJAo2 pic.twitter.com/MlC6PSGYWR
— The Hill (@thehill) February 4, 2015

President Obama's longtime aide and confidant Dan Pfeiffer plans to leave the administration in the coming weeks, the White House announced Wednesday.

Pfeiffer is the longest-serving staffer from the 2008 presidential campaign, and the last of the senior officials from that campaign to still work at the White House. He holds the position of senior adviser, one of a small cadre of top advisers to the president.

“Dan has been beside me on every step of this incredible journey, starting with those earliest days of the campaign in 2007," President Obama said in a statement. "And through it all, he’s been smart, steady, tireless and true to the values we started with.

"Like everyone else in the White House, I’ve benefited from his political savvy and his advocacy for working people. He’s a good man and a good friend, and I’m going to miss having him just down the hall from me,” he added.

Pfeiffer informed the president of his intention to leave the day after the State of the Union trip as the pair traveled to Idaho. According to a White House official, Pfeiffer felt "comfortable moving on" because he believed the administration was in a "position of strength" following a lame-duck session when the president's poll numbers spiked.

Well, this might explain why I have gotten emails from Mr. and Mrs. Obama and even from Biden but why I haven't gotten any emails from Mr. Pfeiffer in a while.

Pfeiffer's departure has been the subject of speculation for months, and he has not denied the possibility he would leave when asked by reporters. But the White House was also sensitive about high-profile departures in the wake of last year's devastating midterm election losses.

His departure will coincide with the exit of John Podesta, the president's counselor, who is expected to take a post with Hillary Clinton's likely presidential campaign. Podesta's portfolio will be taken over by Brian Deese, a top official at the Office of Management and Budget. The White House did not announce an immediate replacement for Pfeiffer.

At the White House, Pfeiffer was known for his sometimes combative relationship with the press and often identified by critics of the White House as evidence that the president's leadership team was too insular.  Read more The Hill

So, half of our Country may be still in an Obama Coma or slower to wake up, but at least Obama's staff is waking up to their boss's incompetence and bailing on him.  The list is long and getting longer, as we watch people bailing out left and right:

Killary Clinton resigned, Eric Holder is bailing, VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki resigned, Jay Carney got tired of lying for the lying king and resigned, Chuck Hagel's "mutual" resignation and Mike Boots, the White House Environmental Adviser quietly Resigned, and that's just a snapshot of the lame-duck bailouts.

It's hysterical to watch the walls of the kingdom falling down around the King himself, as his support team. Granted the people leaving weren't the smartest blocks in the palace, as they fall away brick by brick.  

Bush may not  have been the sharpest tool in the shed, but at least he knew to surround himself with smart and loyal people that stuck with him.