Politics / White House counsel White House Counsel's Fall Should Worry Obama's Loyal Cold handling of Craig recalls Clinton era By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff Posted Nov 25, 2009 3:50 AM CST Copied President Obama greets Greg Craig, left, his choice for White House counsel, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) White House counsel Greg Craig's "death by a thousand leaks" should alarm anybody who's tied their political fortune to the president's and hopes for loyalty in return, writes Maureen Dowd. Craig cut his ties to close friend Hillary Clinton to help Obama get elected just a year ago and now finds himself cut loose over the administration's failure to close Gitmo by January—while Clinton serves as Obama's right-hand woman, Dowd writes in the New York Times. story continues belowShoe CEO Drops Business Sneakers Taking The NFL By Storm Finally, A Comfortable Shoe Thats Fit For The Office. With Comfort, Luxury, & Versatility Engineered Into Every Step, Wolf & Shepherd Shoes Are Specifically Designed For Those Who Want To Lead The Pack.Wolf & ShepherdShop NowUndoWSOP Poker Finally on Desktop: The King of Poker Games Is Breaking RecordsGet On It Now And Experience It With 1,000,000 Free Poker ChipsWorld Series of PokerPlay NowUndo"BlazePod Helped My Athlete React Faster and Play Smarter!"BlazePod is a smart training platform that uses flashing lights to help young athletes improve their coordination, agility, and reaction timeBlazePodShop NowUndo The failure to back Craig recalls Obama's failure to do anything to help Caroline Kennedy when she was "being dragged through the mud" over her Senate hopes. Dowd wonders if Craig, and UN Ambassador Susan Rice, who helped undermine Clinton's foreign policy credentials last year, would have been so quick to turn on her "if they had known that Obama can often be more interested in wooing opponents than tending to those who put themselves on the line for him." (More White House counsel stories.) Report an error