Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, honey.
White House communications director Anita Dunn will step down from her post at the end of the month and Dan Pfeiffer, her deputy, will take over, according to sources familiar with the move.
Dunn, a longtime Democratic media consultant, took over the job on an interim basis earlier this year when Ellen Moran abruptly left the post to take a job at the Commerce Department. Dunn will return to Squier Knapp Dunn, the consulting firm where she is a partner, but will remain as a consultant to the White House on the communications and strategic matters.
The move will be formally announced later today.
As she only took the job on an interim basis, it’s not a surprise that she’s leaving. It can’t happen soon enough. Even more interesting is the news about Rahm Emanuel.
Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s chief of staff and former Illinois Congressman, has made clear he would like to return to elected office at some point in the not-too-distant future and, if past presidencies are any guide there will be some further turnover in the senior staff over the next year or so.
Eyebrows were raised recently when David Plouffe, Obama’s campaign manager, was asked in a live chat with the Washington Post about why he had not joined the Administration and responded: “I needed to take a couple years to re-balance and spend time with my family, knowing that perhaps in the future my life will need to get unbalanced again.”
Who will be Obama’s strong arm if Rahmbo leaves the White House? Plouffe?
Is the talking mushroom REALLY on the way out?
I hope so!
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