I, for one, am surprised (shocked, I tell ya!) that Biden hasn't started bragging about how in the Catholic church he attended, they had a Black Madonna.
Susan Rice is, however, a leading candidate to replace Ron Klain when he goes sometime soon. That will piss the progs off too.
There is a reason why Biden made Susan Rice his chief domestic advisor even though all of her experience is in foreign affairs. It was Obama's way of preparing her for 2024 by getting some domestic experience on her resume and to place her closer to Biden's ears to compensate for his lack of skill. But she just still has not worked out and it is not the Benghazi baggage. She is smart as hell and a tough beltway fighter. The bullet she took on Benghazi was a bullet for Hillary. (remember how Hillary conventiently slipped in the shower). Rice's problem now is that the progressives hate her guts. She is opposed to open borders, opposed to student loan write-off, opposed to defund the police, etc. etc. Plus she has never been elected to anything. I am only beating this Susan Rice thing to say that Obama and his camp have always had plans on how to handle Joe and his succession and those have not worked either.l
As I said above in August. Ron Klein will be going soon and Susan Rice will be a leading a candidate to replace him- at least he is the leading candidate for Obama and Valerie Jarett who are always promoting her since he is their insider and Joe likes her too.
Realistically that Keisha Bottoms, the former Atlanta mayor, is probably another leading candidate. It's all about skin color in this resegregated America.
Yeh, I know Susan Rice has baggage but she does not need anyone's confirmation if Joe just wants to choose her.
Klein would have been gone by now but the dems did not take as bad a beating in the midterms as they expected so they are moving with less speed. The skin color pick for press secretary is a walking trainwreck who they have to deal with. Her clock is ticking. She has succeeded in being female, black, lezbo, and an immigrant so the dems see her as being highly accomplished and so awesome that she might explode.
Ron Klain Expected to Step Down as Biden’s White House Chief of Staff
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/21/us/politics/ron-klain-resigning.htm
Now that we are in full swing with this, the current lay of the land suggests someone with back door channels into the Republican world will be a leading candidate. So I doubt it would be someone like Rice. I’m thinking maybe Vilsack, Landreau, or Sullivan.
And to be fair to Biden, Klain did a hell of a job, especially managing the infrastructure bill and Ukrainian aid. He is leaving on a high note. Rougher days ahead for the Biden camp though.