SEIU’s Man in the White House Has a Bad Day

This can't be a good day for SEIU's man in the White House Patrick Gaspard. Gaspard serves as Obama's Political Director. He previously filled that role over at SEIU.

Think about those who have previously worked in the office of political affairs, Ed Rollins, Lee Atwater, and Ken Mehlman. I'm not sure Gaspard lives up to his predecessors.

Though the Washington Post wrote a glowing puff piece on Gaspard earlier this week, last night's election results show he hasn't been terribly effective.

He was the heavy hand that tried to persuade former Governor Doug Wilder to endorse Creigh Deeds. He failed.

The leaks from within the White House criticizing Deeds and his campaign had to have come from somewhere, and I don't think there's any way they could not have passed his desk.

In New Jersey Obama and Jon Corzine stood side by side. This was a state Obama had won by 15 points. Corzine lost, I'm sure it's just a matter of hours before we see news stories surfacing that "unnamed" White House staffers were never satisfied with Corzine or the operation he ran. It seems political affairs is really just becoming an operation to insulate the President from his party's failures.

Lest we forget Gaspard is also the one who clumsily tried to interfere with the New York Governor's race requesting Paterson drop out.

He seems to have had one victory, persuading Dede Scozzafava to endorse Bill Owens. Will Gaspard be at the helm going into the 2010 cycle?  I wouldn't bet on it.