Daley: "All the signs are there is a return of some normalcy"

(what planet is he on? I know he made the statement before the attacks this morning, but all the indications overnight were that violence was brewing. You knew it, I knew it, Daley didn't know it?)

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/02/5975852-wh-obama-had-no-warning-of-pro-mubarak-protests

WH, Obama had no warning of pro-Mubarak protests

From NBC’s Andrea Mitchell
It was clear from Bill Daley -- the new White House chief of staff, at a roundtable with reporters this morning -- that the White House had no warning of today's events in Egypt.

Daley said the president's 30-minute conversation with Mubarak last night was "cordial not heated."

He said the history of the military in Egypt is "an enormous plus" for the transition. Given the history going back to Nasser, he said that there is an obvious possibility that the next leader come from the military. He also said that there have been extensive, continuing contacts with the military, but the bottom line is that the people will control this.

Based on the overnight news -- and morning broadcasts -- he said, "All the signs are there is a return of some normalcy" pointing to the Internet being back on, and some businesses reopening, clearly outdated by events.

they're there to preserve disorder.

dumbest appointments.

I expect Republicans to try to twist things to always make the Obama Administration look as bad as possible but I don't understand people who are supposedly Dems doing the same. Later the White House came out and said this: The United States deplores and condemns the violence that is taking place in Egypt, and we are deeply concerned about attacks on the media and peaceful demonstrators. We repeat our strong call for restraint.

Read more: http://thepage.time.com/2011/02/02/wh-%e2%80%9cdeplores%e2%80%9d-egypt-violence/#ixzz1CpD92CdS

... if your end position is going to be that Mubarak's offer to not run again is good enough.

In the meantime, order and 'stability' need to be restored.

My sinking feeling (again) is that Pres. Obama is going to wimp-out on the position he had previously articulated ... sadly that is a pattern we are seeing more and more.

of people on DU who like to push that negative, assume the worst meme all the time.