Ben Smith points out possible evidence of a small crack in the White House political team from a just published New York Times Magazine profile of Obama adviser and friend Valerie Jarrett.
"Evidently Axelrod does not see in her the utility that Obama does. A weekly Wednesday-night gathering at Axelrod's house -- to discuss what one participant describes as 'hard-core politics' -- pointedly excludes Jarrett. Otherwise, she attends pretty much whatever she wishes."