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...close friend of Barack and Michelle Obama's for nearly two decades, former Chicago Transit Board chief Valerie Jarrett has been called "the other side of Barack's brain...
When the Obama campaign got wind of the rumor in April, Michelle's close friend and adviser Valerie Jarrett asked Michelle if there could be anything to it; the candidate's wife dismissed it out of hand. But by mid-May, it was picking up steam on the Internet, and Michelle's advisers decided it was time to have a serious talk with her about it. On a campaign swing through Oregon, Michelle's chief of staff Melissa Winter grilled her on the particulars of the various versions. Had she ever spoken at Trinity Church? Could she ever recall having...
...Obama Means No Drama The team that Obama put together was a mix of people who, for the most part, had never worked together before but behaved as if they had. Some - like chief strategist David Axelrod and adviser Valerie Jarrett - came from Chicago and had advised Obama in earlier races. Axelrod's business partner Plouffe had worked in former House Democratic leader Dick Gephardt's operation; deputy campaign manager Steve Hildebrand, who oversaw the field organization, had come from former Senate majority leader Tom Daschle's. Daschle's former chief of staff Pete Rouse served that same role...
...state level, the retirement of State Senator Jarrett T. Barrios ’90 set off a frantic race for the seat which included Galluccio, who has run for the seat twice before, as well as a politician from Chelsea and the son of a former State House speaker...
...Korman encouraged candidates to be up-front about their sexual orientation, she said a politician should not depend on this facet alone. “You don’t hide who you are, but you don’t run on that,” Korman said. However, Jarrett T. Barrios ’90, a former Massachusetts senator and representative who is gay, said an LGBT candidate should not “run from the issue” once elected to office. He said an LGBT candidate—just like any other candidate—should foster...