By Robert Laurie ——Bio and Archives--January 11, 2017
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The job market is about to get even more crowded for Washington Democrats, as thousands of Obama appointees join the hundreds of Clinton campaign staffers looking for employment. There’s rarely been less demand for their services. The Trump tornado is tearing up post-election planning around the Beltway. It’s not just that those 4,000 administration jobs are no longer available to Hillary for America alumni, or that failed Senate candidates like Russ Feingold and Katie McGinty won’t be able to hire their staff on the Hill. There are also the lobbying firms, trade associations and corporate government affairs offices that are pitching senior Obama aides’ resumes into the round file while scrambling to hire operatives with Republican connections.
It’s insult to injury for a generation of young operatives who are still managing their shock and grief from Hillary Clinton’s loss. And for those who want to fight to keep President Barack Obama’s legacy from being erased, there aren’t a lot of places ready to pay them to do it.I'm confused. According to the press, being out of work is basically a thing of the past. Thanks to the glorious wonders of the Obama era, joblessness has been all but eliminated. Clinton campaign workers - whose success speaks for itself - should have no trouble finding gainful employment. If we believe the media, there's a help wanted sign hanging in every window. Go grab one and get to work. ...But, hey, why get a new job at all? Unemployed Dems should remember what Nancy Pelosi said! “You want to be a photographer or a writer or a musician, whatever — an artist, you want to be self-employed, if you want to start a business, you want to change jobs, you no longer are prohibited from doing that because you can’t have access to health care, especially because you do not want to put your family at risk” - Pelosi
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