White House Communications Director Anita Dunn is stepping down at the end of the month.
NewsBusters readers should remember Dunn as the outspoken Adminstration official who made quite a splash in October when she said the Fox News Channel "really is not a news network at this point."
Now, according to the Associated Press, she's passing the baton:
White House officials say Anita Dunn will leave her West Wing office but remain an adviser to President Barack Obama. Dan Pfeiffer will become communications director for the White House.
The officials described the move on the condition of anonymity because the announcement had not been made.
As Michelle Malkin is reporting, this isn't necessarily cause for conservative celebration:
She’s handing the reins over to her young protégé and fellow Tom Daschle flack, Dan Pfeiffer.
Dunn never planned to stay in the role permanently. So don’t mistake this for a Van Jones-style under-the-bus disappearance. She may be cutting back, but she’s not going anywhere.
It will be interesting to see what Pfeiffer's take is on Fox, and if the strategy has changed as a result of the GOP's strong showing in last week's elections.
Stay tuned.






















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Glenn Beck Strikes Again
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 13:34 ET by allanfGlen Beck 2 White House 0.
I guess there is more to Dunn than just passing praise of Mao. Giving the mentality of this White House, they may want someone who can hit Foxnews harder.
How's that Marxist thing working for ya, Obama?
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 13:43 ET by BlondeWhen does Glen Beck get back from his surgery?
He's batting a thousand so far.
I hope he fails, too.
He should be back tomorrow
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 17:47 ET by Rev_EricHe should be back tomorrow
Now you see her, ...
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 20:02 ET by CO2MakerMao you don't! >kssssssh<
Stick a fork in her. I think she's Dunn. >bada bing<
If she goes to the Supreme Court, she'll be ...
wait for it ...
wait ....
wa-a-a-i-i-t ...
Dunn SCOTUS! >ba da BOOM<
Thenk yew, thenk yew, thenk yew
Don't let the door hit ya
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 22:04 ET by BO STINKSin the ______, Anita.
"How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the Plain Meaning of Words!" ~Sam Adams
Just go away, Anita.
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 13:43 ET by motherbeltI don't even care if you go away mad....
OTOH, this may be just another example of Obama keeping his most trusted advisers out of view...
High Schools
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 13:44 ET by iveseenitallProblem is that this may give her more time to indoctrinate high schoolers in communism.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
Queen
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 13:51 ET by MOONSTRUCKDunn Dunn Dunn
Another one bites the dust~ ~ ~ ~
Many many more to go!! All in due time!!
How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
How do you stop barry? see above!!
/Bravo
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 14:26 ET by Utherpend"For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security."
One for the other...
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 13:50 ET by CCsteelcitySounds fishy to me. One drops out to bring a "protege" in place... Hmmmm! Is this one going to tingle as well? Does he have some other communist great leader to praise? Will this one tell everyone to go to hell? Or does Beck, Hannity or Limbaugh have to take this one out to the woodshed for some good ol fashioned schooling. I prefer to see the later.
"The bottom line is that the idea that government bureaucrats have enough knowledge to manage an economy well is the height of conceit." - Friedrich Hayek
One of these things IS Like the Other.
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 16:23 ET by DoktorFrankenI had very similar thoughts, CC. Who's to say that Dunn's replacement isn't another Commie-spouting Leftist Toad? Oh, I forgot. That's all this White House has in the administration.
JMHO, you understand.
If Saul Alinsky owned a news channel it would be MSNBC. ---- Me
So this will be Uhbama's
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 13:59 ET by HockeyKidSo this will be Uhbama's third Communications Director in 10 months: Ellen Moran, the imbecilic Anita Dunn, and now Dan Pfeiffer. (Not including Robert Gibbs, who was CD during the campaign)
Would this be a "communications problem"?
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
she's still gonna be around
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 14:01 ET by rowdygirlSince her husband is becoming chief counsel (or whatever they call your head lawyer)to the president, I'm sure her influence will still be felt.
So long Mao Tse Tongue
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 14:07 ET by OxyConhttp://s699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/OxyCon/AnitaDunnce.jpg
LOL!
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 15:17 ET by RukusAlso, is that her bottom lip or is she sticking her tongue out? :p
Gary
Old media species: Moonbat-a-saurus-rex. Getting more endangered by the day.
Mao Tse Tongue
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 16:41 ET by jacktheripperTHAT is GOLDEN SIR...GOLDEN
Proud HillBilly from NNY
Mao Tse Dunng
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 18:37 ET by stratmanMao Tse Dunng
Mao Tse---
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 19:12 ET by matthewdeanMore appropriately for Anita:
Mousy Dunng.
MD
"There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress."
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
LOL, I like it. Let's
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 19:31 ET by stratmanLOL, I like it.
Let's hope her legacy is nothing more than a single mouse dung on the crapfest known as Liberalism.
As the saying goes, "You
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 14:26 ET by ForeverOnTheRightAs the saying goes, "You are known by the company you keep", and this is the company Obama keeps, a communist sympathizer. And who says he is not a socialist? Whoever does must have their head in the sand.
If Dan Pfeiffer does not have balls, Anita Dunn will just be a pupit master.
has she renewed her VISA for China.
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 14:26 ET by JIMMY1660Pack her bags-
no one here will miss you,
\BHO- THE PROGRESSIVE PIRATE
One lefty leaves...another
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 14:36 ET by bigtimerOne lefty leaves...another steps in to fill their shoes.
Nothing unexpected.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
LOL buh bye!
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 14:42 ET by Six String SpiffSurface to libtard missile HIT!
No parachute by Obama. Just make a crater. High speed dirt
Islamic Religious Services Will Be Held at the Firing Range At 0800 Daily.
Dialing for Marxists
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 14:50 ET by wolfemanicHopefully she will give Pfeiffer Beck's phone number.
I'm sure the dedicated line to the WH will be open to both.
Anita Dunn
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 14:57 ET by sevenShe is not done done. she is just rising in rank to being Chairman of misinformation from vice chariman. I suspect she will be behind the curtain.
I was wondering how long...
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 15:34 ET by PrairieSkyit would be before this moronic dingbat faded into the background...Granted, Dunn will still be on board as an "advisor" (Lord knows why), and her libnut mouthpiece-in-training Pfeiffer will be taking over, but at least we won't have to see or hear her any longer. You would think that after the PR disaster of Dunn's war on Fox News, that Obama would axe her permanently, but I guess he must feel that she has some value to him...Another great decision there by Team Obama.
"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan
She has this planned
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 15:36 ET by StarAZI heard weeks ago that she planned to leave--this is why they stuck her in front of the Beck bus.
Starz... Precisely. 'Dou
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 15:40 ET by bigtimerStarz...
Precisely.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
This administration embraces...
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 16:55 ET by PrairieSkythe concept that anybody is expendable...If you've outlived your usefulness to "The One" or are deemed a liability, you're gone.
"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan
Politcally Correct Speech phrase coined by Stalin
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 16:22 ET by lareeSpeaking of boycotting Fox
News…this happened coincidentally shortly after Imus joined FBN.
Everyone remembers how MSNBC -CBS and WFAN and their advertisers were
threatened with a boycott. Hmmm they couldn’t make a boycott of Glenn
Beck work so they threatened a whole Cable News Channel with boycott.
The first day Imus broadcast he raised FBN’s morning slot rating by 1500%
ChannelXRFR is back blogging on Imus Times HERE.
http://imustimes.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/its-official-imus-is-awesome-on-fox-business-news/
Dunn
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 16:48 ET by charlietexasGood. She can go stick out her Marxist tongue at someone else.
Dunn II
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 16:50 ET by charlietexasshe can join Bagdad Bob.
ha ha, charlietex
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 16:54 ET by BlondeI call those inane media statements "Bobisms".
I hope he fails, too.
favorite political philosopher
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 16:56 ET by TjexciteSo who is Dan Pfeiffer favorite political philosopher.
Pol Pot and Stalin.
GOP House all the way
Tj... I'll throw in
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 17:06 ET by bigtimerTj...
I'll throw in Alinksy as well.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
I wa shoping she stuck
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 17:08 ET by jkwtradingI was hoping she stuck around..I love people with foot in mouth disease still having the ability to taste shoe leather.
Obama is the only one I want stuck under the bus, back and forth it can go too..
thump, thump, thump again and again..
Whitehouse vs. Fox News
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 19:00 ET by thedailyzingHaha! In Miss Mao Tse DUNN's face!!!
Here's the UFC Style fightcard ZING of the Whitehouse vs. Fox
http://thedailyzing.com/130/enemy-of-the-state/
Make sure to click on the picture to enlarge it! LOL =)
Now she can concentrate on
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 20:12 ET by Jack BauerNow she can concentrate on doing something leftists are good at: writing a LITTLE READ book. (Even apter for Dunn's inner Maoist)
As the NYTimes Best Selling Books list will attest.
Dun.. Dun.. Dun.. Another one bites the dust!
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 20:59 ET by thedailyzingWow this is getting very repetitious! Another loony wacko leftist is
forced to step down. I wonder how many times this will happen until
Democrats realize how radical there party has become. Check out this very funny and very true write up on the "7 Habits of Highly Defective Liberals" its awesome! http://thedailyzing.com/334/7-habits-of-highly-defective-liberals/
I'm sure her replacement
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 21:34 ET by KJ_sezI'm sure her replacement will be just as incoherent, illogical, inarticulate, and red as she is. Doesn't matter how many libtards go through the Red (formerly White) House's doors, there's at least two more that are just as arrogant and dim-witted as their predecessors to fill each vacancy.
Anita Dunn
Wed, 11/11/2009 - 01:02 ET by NotFondOfLibsSo long anita. You're DONE. Go find yourself a Chicom to throw a parade for, preferably on Mainstreet, China. And take your collection of Mao books with you. Creep.
Hit the road Jack and don't
Wed, 11/11/2009 - 07:25 ET by gmaniac1Hit the road Jack and don't yah come back no more, no more, no more... maybe she can actually find a real enemy now other than conservatives and Fox News... i.e. get a clue