Valerie Jarrett Obama

Why I'm Proud to Be Part of President Obama's Team

Valerie Jarrett | Posted 10.05.2011

Valerie Jarrett

The president has also always believed that a leader's job is to act on behalf of the people he serves, not to score political points. The president will never stop fighting on their behalf. I could not be prouder to be a part of his team.

White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett Speaks Out on The GOP Midterm Election Threat to the Obama Administration's Agenda

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

In an exclusive interview on the eve of the critical 2010 midterm elections, White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett talks with Huffington Post c...

Obama Should Promote Valerie Jarrett

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 05.25.2011

Jacob Heilbrunn

Valerie Jarrett has displayed sound judgment and good political instincts. Obama would do well to appoint her his new chief of staff.

Valerie Jarrett: Obama's "Consigliere"

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

The nation's mayors felt left out in the weeks after President Obama's election. He had met with the governors, but not them. Then, to their surprise,...

Davos Notes: Contrition, Paralysis, and the Embrace of Faith and Philanthropy Take Hold

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

Arianna Huffington

Yesterday, I wrote about the aura of contrition surrounding the financial types here, wafting off them like cheap cologne on a disco Lothario. Today, at a gathering of international editors and reporters, the contrition had spread to financial journalists. There was the sense that many had missed the boat, failing to ask the tough questions. The widespread contrition is matched by an unnerving feeling of paralysis. The people here -- and we are talking about some of the most influential people on the planet -- seem at a loss about how to attack the financial crisis. It's as if we are watching things unravel -- but are powerless to stop the unraveling. If bankers and politicians were stocks, Davos attendees would be shorting them.

Valerie Jarrett: 'Incredibly Plugged In,' For Better And Worse

Chicago Tribune | Laurie Cohen and Ray Gibson | Posted 05.25.2011

Valerie Jarrett--pal of a U.S. president-elect, confidant of the country's most powerful mayor and veteran of corporate boardrooms--has perfected the...

The Friends Of Barack: Obama's Real Inner Circle

Los Angeles Times | Peter Nicholas | Posted 05.25.2011

At a tense point in Barack Obama's campaign, his closest friends got together and decided that, whatever it took, they would make him laugh. It was e...

Is She Obama's Successor?

ReedBiz | Bob Reed | Posted 05.25.2011

Valerie B.Jarrett, a trusted adviser to Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, may also be a candidate to succeed him in the U.S. Senate if he ...

Campaign Shakeup? Obama Brings In New Consigliere

Marc Ambinder | Posted 05.25.2011

When I interviewed her in June, Valerie Jarrett, who will join Barack Obama's campaign as an part-time senior adviser, told me that, by the late fall,...