"As a curious coda to his indictment of outgoing Obama hands, Dean lauded the prospect of Daley taking over the reins of White House operations. Hardly an Obama outsider, Daley has spent decades shuttling in and out of the world of Washington -- profiting from the connections he made and the stature he gained. He also has been an opponent of two chief components of the president's agenda, health care reform and a consumer financial protection agency. But Dean said that his ascendancy to the chief of staff role would be a positive development, in the process giving Daley the type of progressive validater that he has so far lacked.
"I don't agree with
on a lot of stuff politically, but I do think -- A, he is a grownup and B, he gets that you don't treat people like you know everything and they don't," said Dean. "If Bill Daley becomes the chief of staff, that is going to be a huge plus because he is outside of Washington, he sees things the way people outside Washington do. It is not a left or right issue."
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