Oh-ho! Nick Ayers won't be taking that CoS position

Thanks, but no thanks.

So, who will it be?  Maybe Old Lardass really will just dispense with the position.  Or maybe not.




I don't understand the reports that Ayers tried to increase his access to Trump if he didn't want to stick around, unless that was before Friday's Mueller/SDNY filings.  Also, it was reported that Kellyanne Conway was working against him.  And that he's connected to dark money.  So all in all, maybe he just figured he didn't need to get any further into the fray.  Or maybe he really was Pence's little spy.

So much palace intrigue.

UPDATE:

Ayers was also skeptical of taking the job based on the challenges that Kelly and his predecessor, Reince Priebus, faced in the position, and talks between the two sides broke down, according to an administration official with direct knowledge of the negotiations.

The 36-year-old Ayers also had faced opposition among many senior White House aides, who worried that his elevation could trigger departures of other high-level staffers.

  WaPo

FURTHER UPDATE: He just can't help himself.