Revolving door still revolving.

[Gaspar]

From day one it was BS. . .

. . .And now at the other end of the revolving door, the BS remains.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/for-obamas-ex-aides-its-time-to-cash-in-on-experience/2013/05/30/a649ccde-c867-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html

Keystone XL is just one of several upcoming administration decisions providing lucrative work for former Obama advisers on issues ranging from gun control to mining to legalized gambling. Just this week, three of Obama's top former political advisers — Robert Gibbs, Jim Messina and David Plouffe — were given five-figure checks to deliver remarks at a forum in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan, which is in the midst of a campaign to burnish its image in Washington.

Obama came into office promising that his administration would hew to higher standards than his predecessors did. He implemented rules barring former aides from directly lobbying the government for two years and frequently decries the influence of "special interests" in Washington.

But the efforts have done little to slow a tide of groups hiring former top aides as highly paid consultants, speakers and media advisers in an effort to influence the administration — part of a longtime Washington practice in which interest groups seek access to the White House by hiring people who used to work there.

The activities also pose a political challenge for Obama, who will be put in the position of making decisions on Keystone XL and other controversial issues that his former employees have taken sides on.  . . .and former White House communications director Anita Dunn is now a consultant for TransCanada the company building the KeystoneXL pipeline.

It seems that Bush 2.0 is no better than Bush 1.0.  

[Conan71]

In Washington, promises are far more important than actions.  Why did anyone think an ideologue schooled in Chicago-style politics (I know, I'm so racist, sorry Chris Matthews) would be any different?

The clever thing about Obama is he's never seen as having made an error in judgement and he's never had to be held accountable for his love ups. Hell, he doesn't even make his minions fall on their sword when they love up. 

He only steps forward to take credit when something is deemed a success.

[Gaspar]

In Washington, promises are far more important than actions.  Why did anyone think an ideologue schooled in Chicago-style politics (I know, I'm so racist, sorry Chris Matthews) would be any different?

The clever thing about Obama is he's never seen as having made an error in judgement and he's never had to be held accountable for his love ups. Hell, he doesn't even make his minions fall on their sword when they love up. 

He only steps forward to take credit when something is deemed a success. . .and if it's a failure, it's someone else's fault, and he is a victim.

[Conan71]

In Washington, promises are far more important than actions.  Why did anyone think an ideologue schooled in Chicago-style politics (I know, I'm so racist, sorry Chris Matthews) would be any different?

The clever thing about Obama is he's never seen as having made an error in judgement and he's never had to be held accountable for his love ups. Hell, he doesn't even make his minions fall on their sword when they love up. 

He only steps forward to take credit when something is deemed a success. . .and if it's a failure, it's someone else's fault, the Republicans in the house, and the minority Senate Republicans, and those racist tea partiers, (insert your own bogeyman here) and he is a victim.