Did Biden Make a GENIUS Pick for Chief of Staff?

Joe Biden may have made an extremely wise decision in picking Ron Klain for Chief of Staff. Sam Seder and the Majority Report crew discuss this.

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[CGND]

I haven't been around in a while. Just found out Michael Brooks passed. That really sucks. He was a good one. His knowledge and hilarious wit will be missed.

[CGND]

Most chiefs of staff would be better than Mark Meadows.

[LinkRocks]

We have to hold Biden and his administration to a much higher standard than "well at least it's better than Trump".

[SecondCitySavior]

Cheerleading for crooks and war criminals, real nice

[obiigwe]

Hope is not a useful sentiment. here. Biden has always felt comfortable punching left and will continue to do so. If he punched left before the election, what is the incentive to stop after he has won??? I don't see the benefit to all the optimism and hope in Biden. He has told you who he is. Believe him.

[samjerbs]

It’s getting embarrassing now. The show is going downhill fast

[larsbee]

a former lobbyist as the president's door keeper.... goodnluck

[geoffrey]

Looks like we keep lowering the curve. I mean Back in the day Biden could not finish a primary. Now he is President. His cabinet will be competent but not necessarily in a good way. The Military-Industrial-Complex is well represented. Oligarchs must be High-Fiving as we speak.

[SkeletonModel]

We are looking at a Republican Lite administration.

[Davidthorough]

I gave it a serious try. Really interested in hearing Sam's thoughts about the Klain pick and then the HeadlineRegurgitator IMMEDIATELY trots out one of the oldest, most lame and unimaginative characterizations in politics... "the Zeilig" of this or the "Zeilig" of that and... NEXT!!! How does ANYONE take Digby seriously?!? Boring and uninformative!

And Sam... a lot of respect for you... count on you, but... quit NORMALIZING Biden! Biden falls catastrophically short of the direction this country needs to be moving and the likelihood is hight that he will fight AGAINST what we need to do is FAR higher than any kind of reasonable response he will have to be dragged kicking and screaming against his will!

[uol]

1. Call Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.
2. Take notes.

[ubahfly]

I remember, after all that talk, he put Rahm The "Hippie Puncher" in charge of his entire admin. Fvck a Key & Peele skit, Rahm Emmanuel was Obama's real "Anger Translator".

[emblemedfate]

Omg this is hillarious wow I thought sam would stop eventually but he is still blowing establishment Dems hard 😂 wow sam those nbc checks must be good

[serpico]

Can someone give me THEIR opinion on what a Chief of Staff does exactly?

[revelationreflection]

Actually do deep dives into the all the peoples lobbying, history, connections to mil ind complex etc etc.

[LauraVee]

Digby gave me an alternate view of Ron Klain in a more positive way. This is a unique time in history where choosing a competent cabinet who can identify the damage Trump has done, as well as sniff out all the corruption.

[eman]

So far it seems like Biden has picked some legitimately qualified people for his cabinet. I’m happy so far. We’ll see how it goes though

[johnnydez]

J0E will probably have no problem find bureaucrats to flip on Trump moves.

[BittyVids]

I love Sam, and he’s got some great takes, but for someone doing radio for decades I would think he would have removed ummmms and uhhhhs from his vocabulary.

[Mrstcat]

The Majority Report FAM can we reach a million subs before the end of the year ? 🤔