Talk:Brian Deese/Archive 1

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I think he's significant for a few reasons: Maxhawkins (talk) 05:53, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * His research was mentioned in the World Policy Journal
 * He helped write a book on economic policy:
 * As a senior policy analyst for the Center for American Progress, he has written articles  that have been influential
 * As an economic policy spokesperson for the Obama campaign and transition team, he has become a public figure. He starred in three videos that were watched by many people:

I agree that he is influential enough to warrant a biography. What I've read so far tells me this person is 31 years old, has absolutely no experience with the auto industry previous to his current assignment, is still pursuing his law degree, never authored a book, and is, as stated here, one of the most influential voices of the current administration on economic policy. Somehow, he has managed to stay "under the radar" so far, but I think as more people learn who he is and what he does, he will become a very popular topic of political discussion. Of course, I can't provide the sources for my information with online links, that's why it's here instead of on the main page. I hope that someone with better resources will work to confirm or deny some of this and include basic biographical information, such as parents, birthday, hometown, etc.

WirelessMike (talk) 14:19, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

He just led an hour of Twitter Q & A, after identifying himself by name, about the debt-ceiling crisis/standoff under the White House's Twitter account, followed by 2 million + people. I don't seem to be able to link directly to the tweet in which he identifies himself, but it's in this stream today: http://twitter.com/#!/whitehouse. I think that makes him more notable, certainly notable enough for inclusion in Wikipedia. And I guess today wasn't the first time. Here's a New York Daily News article that mentions him doing it a bit earlier:. All this a long way of saying: I agree with WirelessMike's assessment that he will emerge as more and more notable. Moncrief (talk) 21:14, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Senior Advisor Role
I'm going to elaborate on the change I'm making to the office-holder section for his role as "Senior Advisor" and how to treat the "predecessor" issue.

Deese's official title is "Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor", but accord to news sources his work portfolio is a continuation of the work that had been handled by John Podesta, who was "Counselor to the President". Which is why an earlier editor set his predecessor as Podesta.

Currently no one holds the title "Counselor to the President" and I think there's a 50% chance that no one will take that title, unless it goes to someone like Valerie Jarrett if they decide to reorganize the public liaison group for the final two years.

I think, in reality Deese now holds the "Senior Advisor" slot previously held by Pete Rouse. (Vacant since Rouse moved to become Acting White House Chief of Staff at the end of 2010. Rouse then became the first "Counselor to the President" of the Obama admin, followed by Podesta.)  I think the lineage is quite inconsistent to say Podesta's predecessor was Rouse (since they held the same title) and his successor is Deese (because they have a similar portfolio).

In my opinion, the "Counselor" role should be seen as having no successor, unless one is named later (probably Jarrett or no one).

I think Deese's "Senior Advisor" slot should show Pete Rouse as predecessor, having ended his term in 2010 and remained vacant in the interim. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.204.47.22 (talk) 01:58, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

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