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"And, With That, I Will Take Your Questions"
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... What Robert Gibbs could learn from Mike McCurry. Developing....       ...

Gibbs To Be White House Press Secretary
TPM Election Central — From Politico... Robert Gibbs, a top aide to Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on his campaign and in his Senate office, will named the White House press secretary, a top Democratic official said. Gibbs was usually the senior official on Air Obama, the campaign plane. As communications director of Obama's Senate office, Gibbs was a key strategist on Obama's rapid move to the national stage. The announcement, to be made shortly, is likely to be viewed favorably by reports because Gibbs has unquestioned authority, access and institutional ...

Gibbs Will Be White House Press Secretary
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Robert Gibbs, a top aide to Sen. Barack Obama on his campaign and in his Senate office, will named the White House press secretary, reports Politico. ...

Robert Gibbs: Obama's Press Secretary
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — The Politico reports: Robert Gibbs, a top aide to Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on his campaign and in his Senate office, will be named the White House press secretary, a top Democratic official said. Gibbs was usually the senior official on Air Obama, the campaign plane. As communications director of Obama's Senate office, Gibbs was a key strategist in Obama's rapid move to the national stage. The announcement, to be made shortly, is likely to be viewed favorably by reporters because Gibbs has unquestioned authority, access and institutional ...

Robert Gibbs: Obama's Press Secretary
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — The Politico reports: Robert Gibbs, a top aide to Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on his campaign and in his Senate office, will be named the White House press secretary, a top Democratic official said. Gibbs was usually the senior official on Air Obama, the campaign plane. As communications director of Obama's Senate office, Gibbs was a key strategist in Obama's rapid move to the national stage. The announcement, to be made shortly, is likely to be viewed favorably by reporters because Gibbs has unquestioned authority, access and institutional ...

Exclusive: Gibbs will be WH press secretary
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... a top aide to Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on his campaign and in his Senate office, will be named the White House press secretary, a top Democratic official said. Gibbs was usually the senior official on Air Obama, the campaign plane. As communications director of Obama's Senate office, Gibbs was a key strategist in Obama's rapid move to the national stage. Transition planning is still at an early stage and the job has not been formally offered or accepted, officials said. Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15364.html

Robert Gibbs will be White House Press Secretary.
Think Progress — ... Politico’s Mike Allen reports today that Robert Gibbs, communications director in Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and a key strategist who “helped plan and package” his “rapid move to the national stage,” will be named as the Obama administration’s White House Press Secretary. Allen adds that the “announcement is likely to be ...

Politico: Gibbs As WH Press Sec
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com — ... Robert Gibbs, who served as communications director in the Obama campaign and Senate office, will be named White House press secretary, Politico reports. Gibbs was a regular on morning talk shows during the campaign and on the trail with Obama. ...

Obama Abandons Unity Message 48hrs After Election And Appoints Partisan Hack as Press Secretary
Flopping Aces — ... WOW! I didn’t see this one coming. It didn’t even take a week before President-elect Obama gave up on his effort to unify the country. The conduit for communicating on a daily basis between the Administration and the American people (not just the 60/300million who voted for Obama) is the White House Press Secretary. It would have been the perfect position to fill with a respected newsman/woman, and instead he chose one of the biggest partisan hacks in his campaign. ...

A scene from Robert Gibbs' first White House press conference
Jim Treacher's Blog That Is on the Internet — A scene from Robert Gibbs' first White House press conference bobbygibbs.jpg According to the Obamico , Obama's lovely and talented communications director will serve as his first White House Press Secretary. This is gonna be awesome! Gibbs: [Points] "Yes, Helen Thomas. Hello, good to see-- um, good to have you here, Helen." Thomas: "Thank you." [coughs up cloud of dust] "I have a question and a followup: Why is Obama so amazing? And, is 'amazing' really adequate? Is there any word in any human language that can truly describe him?" [begins convulsing in ecstacy and croaking ...

Robert Gibbs to be Press Secretary
Booman Tribune — It's not helpful if your press secretary is hapless (Scotty McClellan), clueless (Dana Perino), or a liar (Ari Fleischer). If you want to advance your agenda, it is important that the press gives you a fair shake, and a good, competent, informed, and honest press secretary is a non-trivial factor in any administration's success. Robert Gibbs is an excellent choice for the Obama administration. I think it's great that the face of the administration is going to have an Alabama drawl. It might be a largely Chicago operation (which is fine by me), but it's going to sound a bit ...

Obama Appoints Angry Partisan Hack As Press Secretary
JammieWearingFool — ... as chief of staff and now this hack Robert Gibbs as press secretary. I'm sure he'll do fine though, since the media dies this year and the White House press corpse will do nothing but lob softballs at this guy. You may recall him from this friendly banter with Sean Hannity last month. Labels: ...

Meet Your New White House Press Secretary Who Also Does a Great Puffer Fish Impression
The Sundries Shack — The Obama folks aren’t letting any moss grow under their feet are they? Fresh on the heels of word that mega-partisan hatchetman Rahm Emanuel has been offered the Chief of Staff position comes word that Robert Gibbs is likely to be the White House spokesman . This video should give you a taste of what four years of Gibbs will look like, assuming that anyone in the White House press room does sound like what Jim Treacher thinks it will . Yeah, he managed to keep his temper for almost five whole minutes before he puffed up all big, put out his spikes, and ...

Obama White House Already Beginning To Take Shape
Comments from Left Field — ... A decision I’m not quite as sure about is that of Robert Gibbs as White House Press Secretary.  I was sort of holding out hope for Bill Burton, a latter day sensation who was starting to rise in the waning days of the campaign.  I’m not nearly as familiar with Gibbs’ acumen. ...

Robert Gibbs Will Be Obama’s Press Secretary
PoliGazette — ... Robert Gibbs, who played a key role in the election campaign of president-elect Barack Obama, will be the administration’s press secretary. ...

ICYMI: Will The Flak Jacket Fit?
Hotline On Call Part Deux — Politico: Robert Gibbs for WH press sec.