Politics gets me out of bed in the morning It's what really interests me. I'm a competitor, but I also feel like I'm contributing, whether it's working on health-care policy in the White House or out here in Chicago.

Kerry considered the criticism of her unfair and praised her work. She served as the Chief Spokesperson for the Obama-Biden Transition Project. ".

The New York Times described her as "a popular but polarizing face of (Obama's) campaign" and a "soldier who says the things the candidate can’t (or won’t) say. She served as Deputy Campaign Manager for President Barack Obama's 2012 reelection campaign and has previously worked in campaign and communications roles for other Democrats including Ted Kennedy John Kerry and Michelle Obama. ".