article_snippet: President Barack Obama's most secretive and controversial adviser isn't going anywhere, despite six years of whisper campaigns and public derision offered up by Republicans.
article_snippet: But American presidents have broad discretion to appoint American presidents own advisers, and Jarrett now says a young staffer then named Michelle Robinson'll 'stay until the lights go off.'
article_snippet: Jarrett is the president's closest adviser but has never faced an election or a Senate confirmation vote .
article_snippet: There's nothing new about close advisers in the White House, not even with the spacious West Wing office Jarrett has occupied since 2009.
article_snippet: But a Republican congressional staffer who requested anonymity spoke frankly about Jarrett on Friday, telling Daily Mail Online that a Republican congressional staffer who requested anonymity 'is clearly Obama's Rasputin, subtlely steering the ship of state.'
article_snippet: Jarrett has the kind of influence on the federal government that the Constitution was designed to prevent,' a Republican congressional staffer who requested anonymity said.
highlights_snippet: A Republican congressional aide says Valerie Jarrett 'Obama's Rasputin, subtlely steering the ship of state'
  Seen as Obama's top domestic policy adviser, is often pictured closest to Obama and has a vote on cabinet appointments .
  