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    Chief of Staff Bill Daley handing off some duties

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-- shuffled in terms of job description is going on at the White House tonight president Obama's chief of staff is handing off many of his duties.

The big story is why.

Here's chief White House correspondent Ed Henry.

Back in the battleground state of Pennsylvania President Obama visited a school to focus again on circumventing congress this time of education.

And backstage drama at the White House -- chief of staff bill Daley is scaling back some duties just ten months after the president suggested.

Daly was the cure for his post 2010 mid term election blues.

Clint didn't veteran who would bring -- centrist business background to -- this administration to the middle I'm convinced that he'll help us.

In our mission of growing our economy and moving America forward but after trying to win over independents with this mantra we can't wait for congress -- you'll.

-- playbook fired up the liberal base but has left the president empty handed trying to get congress to pass his jobs bill now.

And ruffled feathers among Republicans.

And Democrats with inside sources telling fox the senate majority leader Harry Reid has been irked by a series of slicing starting when Daly got the job.

-- made -- show breaking bread with Republican speaker John Boehner before dining with Democrats and continuing recently with the chief of staff giving a blunt interview with Politico.

In which he suggested both parties have given the president fix.

I think Bill Daly knew he had to.

Do some repair and upgrade of its relationship with Capitol Hill so -- is turning over some data -- responsibility to the man he replaced.

Former acting chief of staff Pete Rouse a onetime senate -- with better -- -- -- -- Chicago veteran who don't -- a quarter century says it's not a shake up.

Disney is still -- CEO of the operation.

But if I'm using a corporate analogy here.

But it sometimes this is Jason -- of leadership to know where your witnesses and try to bring in someone to strengthen the operation.

And some officials here say it will be a corporate structure Daley has more the big picture CEO.

-- more -- a -- chief operating officer and if they can stabilize the economy and get the president reelected all of the shuffling will be trivia although.

That's a pretty big if right now for a that's right -- -- by the UN's new.

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