Robert Gibbs is significantly more than just an aide, not only is he the former white house press secretary, he also served on Obama's campaign as the main spokesman, and is a close friend to the President. I would be very surprised if he accepted.
Publicity stunt to get facebook IPO into the mind of millions of investors?
Smart move by Facebook if they can make it work. So if the rumors pan out ...
- Eric Schmidt from Google to the Obama Administration
- Gibbs from the Administration to Facebook
The tight ties between the public/private sectors worked so well for finance. I can't wait to see what havoc will be wreaked by similar practices being spread to the tech sector.
To the tech sector's credit, when we blow up, the damage is at least generally limited to ourselves.
A good hire if they're expecting a big fight over privacy or regulation of large social networks in the coming years.