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Originally Posted by Minte
Nixon comes to mind, when you mention other presidents that let his election team get to involved with day to day operations. And that didn't end well.
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I would venture to guess that pretty much every president has higher ups from his election team involved in the day to day operations of the White House. Many of them are just given jobs so they have official positions. An example would be Reagan. William Casey was his campaign manager in 1980. After Reagan won Casey oversaw the transition into the White House then Reagan made him the Director of the CIA. George H.W. Bush's campaign manager became the head of the RNC after the election. These might not be jobs where they are in the oval office every day, but they do have a pretty big influence with the white house.
Karl Rove is probably the most prominent that comes to my mind. He ran G.W. Bush's campaign and was then named as Bush's Senior Advisor. After Rove helped Bush win a second term in 2004 Rove was made Deputy Chief of Staff. Both of those are very hands on day to day operations kinds of positions.