Robert Gibbs (Photos): Obama Press Secretary

Posted on November 6, 2008

Robert Gibbs is reportedly Obama’s choice for Press Secretary. Read more on Robert Gibbs after the bump.

Politico has reported:

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 memory.

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Supposedly this isn’t a “done deal” yet though. An Obama adviser states:

who says that the deal isn’t done:

A senior adviser to Barack Obama tells us that despite earlier reports, the move to make former Obama campaign communications director Robert Gibbs the White House press secretary is not a done deal yet.
The campaign’s spokespeople aren’t publicly commenting right now. Yesterday multiple news outlets reported that Rahm Emanuel had accepted a job as White House chief of staff, but at least two outlets were forced to retract that.

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