Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell praised President Barack Obama on Thursday for choosing business executive William Daley to serve as White House chief of staff.
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“I frankly think it’s kind of a hopeful sign,” said McConnell, who successfully negotiated a compromise with Obama in December to extend tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003. “He has a business background. As I used to say over the last two years: I don’t know if it’s technically true or not, but there’s nobody down at the White House who’s ever even run a lemonade stand, just college professors and former elected officials. This is a guy who’s actually been out in the private sector, been a part of business. Frankly, my first reaction is, it sounds like a good idea.”
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