Podesta open to role with Clinton campaign

White House adviser John Podesta left open the possibility of serving as chairman of a Hillary Clinton presidential campaign on Friday, saying he will “do whatever she asks me to do.”

Podesta has been thought to be in line to chair Clinton’s campaign, and he was asked about the possibility on “Charlie Rose” in a video posted Friday. 

{mosads}”If she runs, as I hope she will, I’ll do whatever she asks me to do, but right now she hasn’t made a decision to run and so I’m expecting to return to what I was doing before, which is teaching law at Georgetown Law School and working at a think tank,” Podesta said. 

Podesta served as White House chief of staff under then-President Clinton. He later founded the liberal-leaning think tank the Center for American Progress. 

He joined the Obama administration at the end of 2013 to serve for a year, and he said Friday he will mostly stick to that timeline. “I might stay a little bit longer, through the State of the Union,” he said. 

A departure then would allow him to join a Clinton campaign as it is ramping up. Asked if he had had conversations with Clinton about his role, Podesta said, “You know, I talk to her from time to time.”

“She hasn’t made a decision, so she’s structured no campaign,” he added.

While he is expected to have a top job on the campaign, he ended the discussion with a joke. 

“Maybe I’ll be going door to door,” he said.