Rouse graduated from Colby College in 1968 and received a master's degree from the London School of Economics in 1970. <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/us/politics/06rouse.html</ref> He was Chief of Staff for Senate Majority Leader [[Tom Daschle]], and then Senator Obama after Daschle's 2004 defeated for reelection. | Rouse graduated from Colby College in 1968 and received a master's degree from the London School of Economics in 1970. <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/us/politics/06rouse.html</ref> He was Chief of Staff for Senate Majority Leader [[Tom Daschle]], and then Senator Obama after Daschle's 2004 defeated for reelection. |