But Ayers’s takeover quickly unraveled: on Sunday, having spent four days working for, as he told a friend, “Mr. Fucking-out-of-his-mind-totally-crazy,” Ayers informed the president that he would not be taking the job after all. In yet another head-spinning episode of the West Wing’s soap opera, Ayers was quitting before he had officially started. Hence, by Monday there was no Ayers, no Kelly, and no chief of staff.
