Biden Looking to Longtime Aide Ron Klain for Chief of Staff

[brooklynite]

Source: Bloomberg

Longtime Democratic aide Ron Klain is the leading candidate to be presidential nominee Joe Biden’s chief of staff if Biden wins the election, according to several people familiar with the situation.

Klain was Biden’s vice presidential chief of staff and played a leading role in the Obama administration’s economic recovery and the Ebola crisis response.


Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-20/biden-looking-to-longtime-aide-ron-klain-for-chief-of-staff

[Bleacher Creature]

1. Hasn't this been pretty clear since the spring?

Klain seems to be in charge of Biden's COVID-19 plan, he's been in charge of his debate prep, and I get the sense that he's been pretty involved in the bigger policy calls.

He seems like a really good choice.

[brooklynite]

4. I've heard some other names mentioned...

[Sugarcoated]

12. What've you heard?

[FM123]

17. Klain seems like the obvious choice.

Some of the other names that were talked about earlier were Steve Ricchetti, Jeff Zients and Cedric Richmond.

[Kahuna]

18. Whenever I tweet the campaign staff, I always include Klain. I..

always assumed he was an important asset to Biden.

[Tanuki]

2. Fantastic choice. He has great experience and qualifications

and obviously has earned Biden's trust and confidence.

[bullimiami]

3. dont really care who. i know it will be someone qualified and ethical. nuff said.

i look forward to ignoring what the president is doing on a daily basis and being able to trust he is working for the good of the country.

[Docreed2003]

5. I think Klain is the obvious choice

Biden trusts him, he has impeccable credentials, and seems like a quality person

[DeminPennswoods]

6. Wasn't he Biden's VP chief of staff?

Yes, he was.

[Fiendish Thingy]

7. Good- of the names I've heard mentioned, Klein is the most progressive nt

[Sherman A1]

8. I am sure whoever is picked

will be the best choice.

[Cha]

9. Whenever I've seen Ron Klain's name

I know it's going to be something intelligent.

What a journey he and Biden have had!

[Joinfortmill]

10. 👍

[Bayard]

11. YES!

[jcgoldie]

13. Obama's "ebola czar"

Makes him a pretty obvious choice given the current situation.

[Yavin4]

14. Man, it's gonna be weird having normal people in the Whitehouse.

Press conferences will return to normal Q&A. It's going take time for me to adjust.

[Dem2theMax]

15. We can actually go to bed and sleep at night!

And we can wake up in the morning, and instead of grabbing our phones to see what horrible thing Trump has done while we've been sleeping, we can just have breakfast!

Imagine living a normal life again. 🤞

[Hestia]

19. ...and a boss that allows a grown ass person do their job without breathing down their necks

only allowing them to give the party line. Okay, maybe there should be some sorta consensus in communications, but not have it change every hour on the hour. Just do your job and get it down. It is what you are hired to do...man the torpedoes full steam ahead.

[Sloumeau]

16. Since Ron Klein was Biden's chief of staff when he was VP,

and since Ron Klein wrote about what a huge danger the coronavirus was back in January, he would be perfect as Biden's VP. Also, Klein has been working with the Biden campaign for months, and Biden trusts him.