New Rybak YouTube: a campaign ad for White House urban post?
Thursday, December 18, 2008 at 1:54 pm
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Parsing the communiques of Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak for clues about his political ambitions continues to be a diverting pastime, even as the number of available Obama administration posts dwindles. A month ago, Rybak, a Draft Obama movement pioneer, waxed rhapsodic on radio about Obama’s new White House office of urban policy. Today the mayor released a YouTube video in which he’s joined by Burnsville Mayor Elizabeth Kautz at the airport en route to Chicago to talk to Obama’s domestic team. In the video, he lauds Obama as the first president since McKinley with a background in cities, praises a planned Obama focus on metropolitan regions rather than only cities, then seems to suggest that adherence to Obama’s values should supersede even immediate needs.
I also want to make sure that, as these dollars flow to communities, that they’re ones that represent the values that Barack Obama ran on, and not just things that we want to get done really quickly.
Video after the jump.
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Comment posted December 18, 2008 @ 6:54 pm
Obama has picked his person for this position a NYC Housing Director. So, I guess its Summit Avenue for RT. Not a bad thanks for playing prize. I’m still of mind that Obama will offer RT some (meaning more than one) positions but, he’ll opt for the big job at home here.
This is entirely speculative. For all I know, RT could have accepted a position in DC already.
Comment posted December 19, 2008 @ 7:43 am
Despite much speculation, Mayor Rybak has said consistently (many times now) that he is a Minnesotan who plans to stay in Minnesota. As you point out, he is very excited to be a mayor in Barack Obama’s America and is already using his relationships with the Obama team to benefit Minneapolis and Minnesota.
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