Quick,un-wrap a new chief of staff from storage.

Speculation is that Obama may be about to name fellow Chicagoan William Daley as his chief of staff to replace Rahm Emanuel who departed to run Chicago. Former VT Governor Howard Dean has weighed in as only he can.

The atmosphere of what he called contempt “will change dramatically especially if Bill Daley comes in,” Dean said. He added that he disagrees with Daley on a “lot of stuff politically, but I do think, A, he is a grown-up and B, he gets that you don’t treat people like you know everything and they don’t.”

A president’s chief of staff is a personalized accessory item that reflects the style and particular needs of a president. The position has been described as gatekeeper, the power behind the throne and even co-president.

Styles vary from H.R. Haldeman Nixon’s chief palace gatekeeper who described himself as the president’s son-of-a-bitch all the way to the Bush family retainer Andrew Card, G.W. Bush’s Chief of Staff who once sniffed primly about Oval Office etiquette after Obama took office: "there should be a dress code of respect….I wish that [Obama] would wear a suit coat and tie."

What is President Obama needing these days in a chief of staff?  

William Daley brother of the Mayor of Chicago and son of the former mayor Richard J.Daley as described by Chicago journalist Ben Joravsky:

William Daley has picked up his brother’s [Richard M.] affinity for Republicans. So much so that if young William had not been raised in the household of his father, the legendary Democratic Party chieftain, Mayor Richard J. Daley, I doubt he would even be a Democrat.

Examine William Daley’s resume, and you’ll see he’s essentially a businessman who would fit in well with what’s left of the moderate wing of the Republican Party.

William Daley, 63 was vice chairman of Amalgamated Bank, a corporate lawyer and Sec. of Commerce to Bill Clinton and helped with the North American Free Trade Agreement. He was also advisor to VP Biden’s early 1988 presidential run, chairman of Al Gore’s 2000 campaign and later did legislative lobbying for San Antonio based SBC telecom. Currently he is a top official with JPMorgan Chase.