The Middle East is in flames, China will shortly rival our military power, trade deals needed to help our limping economy continue to lag, and the Washington Post reports the Administration is now engaged in a major diplomatic effort to improve relations with their own cabinet secretaries?
The lowlight:
“News this week of the first departure of a Cabinet secretary from the Obama administration comes amid a wide-ranging effort under the new chief of staff, William M. Daley, to repair badly frayed relations between the White House and the Cabinet.”
The “solution” includes the creation of a new “Cabinet Czar”…
“At the same time, the White House recently created the position of Cabinet communications director, appointing media adviser Tom Gavin to the job. The goal, according to the official statement, is ‘to better coordinate with and utilize members of the Cabinet’ and is a ‘high priority.'”
…even as the Post reports that part of the problem is the current “czars.”
“Part of the problem, people on both sides said, has been an abundance of issue specialists – the ‘czars’ – who manage matters on the environment and the economy within the West Wing. ‘The White House loops people out. The czars keep people from getting in,’ said one senior Democratic official who has fielded such complaints from three agency heads. ‘The level of frustration is pretty high.'”
Of course Rahm is to blame – but only now that he is gone:
“According to two administration officials, Cabinet secretaries complained to the new administration that Emanuel did not help them set priorities but instead only called to complain when things went wrong. ‘Rahm was always moving too fast, thought the Cabinet was useless, didn’t have time for it, everything was full speed ahead – fast, fast, fast, can’t stop to explain it to somebody,’ said one Democratic operative who is allied with Emanuel and still consults with the administration. By contrast, the operative said, ‘Daley comes with a different sensibility about how the Cabinet can be utilized.'”
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