Talk:Pete Rouse

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A fact from Pete Rouse appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 February 2008, and was viewed approximately 1,800 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that presidential candidate Barack Obama's chief of staff, Pete Rouse, came to be known as "the 101st Senator" due to his savvy on Capitol Hill?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/February.

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Needs[edit]

Basic demo and education bio? Controversies? Resume? Thanks! HG | Talk 02:53, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

John Roberts hook[edit]

For the sentence about Roberts, here's the quote from the Washington Post: "Besides, Obama said, if he were president he wouldn't want his judicial nominees opposed simply on ideological grounds.

And then Rouse, his chief of staff, spoke up. This was no Harvard moot-court exercise, he said. If Obama voted for Roberts, Rouse told him, people would remind him of that every time the Supreme Court issued another conservative ruling, something that could cripple a future presidential run. Obama took it in. And when the roll was called, he voted no.

"Pete's very good at looking around the corners of decisions and playing out the implications of them," Obama said an interview when asked about that discussion. "He's been around long enough that he can recognize problems and pitfalls a lot quicker than others can." <endquote>"

Subsequently, other press picked up the point of this story too. HG | Talk 05:07, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Chief of Staff/Time of update[edit]

Should we wait to update the page to say that he will or is expected to be named interim chief of staff on Oct. 1 2010? I know I'm splitting hairs here but he isn't actually in the job yet, I feel like we are jumping the gun.

Also don't feel like starting an edit war over an announcement everyone knows is going to happen in 12 hours.

--Bbriggs1 (talk) 01:19, 1 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

101st Senator???[edit]

I was pretty sure this was what Rahm Emmanuel was known as?

Anyone else know for sure? --Bbriggs1 (talk) 01:50, 1 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Working on Capitol Hill since 1971? Republican?[edit]

Rouse's bio on the whitehouse.gov site says he served as chief of staff to Terry Miller - a Republican - from 1979-1983. Was he a Republican then? The article says he worked on Capitol Hill from 1971 onward, but this isn't possible if he was in Alaska from 1979-1983. Does anyone have the sources to clear these points up? - Pictureprovince (talk) 18:08, 18 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Personal Life[edit]

"A life-long bachelor"? Oh please - are we speaking in codes here? It should be changed to "is un-married" or simply struck. --5.147.50.26 (talk) 21:38, 24 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have taken the liberty. --5.147.50.26 (talk) 22:49, 24 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Acting" Chief of Staff?[edit]

Why, in the info box, is he called the "acting" Chief of Staff? This position doesn't require Senate Confirmation. If you're doing the Chief of Staff's job, you're the Chief of Staff. The main article calls him the "interim" Chief of Staff, which is more accurate. I'm going to try to change it, if I can figure out how. —MiguelMunoz (talk) 01:50, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]