President Obama’s close relationship with Attorney General Eric Holder angered White House staff to the point of violent fantasy, according to Daniel Klaidman’s new book Kill or Capture: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency:
Obama's affection for Holder bred resentment within the White House, especially with the chief of staff. "Of all of the twelve cabinet members, why does the boss like Eric the most? We should all throw him in a pit and kick him," commented one of the president's top advisers, sarcastically alluding to the biblical story told in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, the 1970s Broadway musical about a father's preference for one of his sons, and his brothers’ jealous plot to undermine him.
