someone might ask why take the chief of staff to tom daschle, why not get the real tom daschle? well, you know, i don t know if the real tom daschle was asked. but, you know, rouse has worked with obama for years now. back to his i guess i m just saying why not bring in the way howard baker came in to rescue the reagan presidency, someone who can go on tell vision and negotiate with foreign leaders who can be this bigger figure? maybe this is a reset button but not an entire reboot button. good point. maybe, you know, rouse has been in the white house, you know, senior adviser, and knows no-drama obama. and clearly obama is comfortable with him and his style. i assume he has a new mission and instructions for him. the other point being that you ll have a change in the national security team. we all know that jim jones is going to be leaving, and you re clearly seeing a change still to