Democratic Convention Watch: Emanuel for Chief of Staff?

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Emanuel for Chief of Staff?

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ABC News has learned that President-elect Obama has offered the White House chief of staff job to Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill.

Emanuel, a knowledgeable source tells ABC News, has not yet given his answer. The sharp-tongued, sharp-elbowed, keenly intelligent veteran of the Clinton White House is said to have ambitions to some day be Speaker of the House. But he also has a keen sense of "duty." - ABC News

~~UPDATE:~~ ~~Emanuel has accepted, per MSNBC.~~ This is not yet confirmed.

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26376 66p · 856 weeks ago

My first (ridiculous) thought is that Blagojevich would have a choice: appoint himself to Obama's senate seat or run in the special for IL-05, which seat he held when he was elected Governor.

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KarenAnne 67p · 856 weeks ago

Wasn't Emanuel in a lot of conflict with Howard Dean over Dean's fifty-state strategy? What happened to that problem? And what does it say about Emanual's judgment?

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BrettSD 20p · 856 weeks ago

I like Emanuel. He is a behind the scenes arm-twister (what you need for Chief of Staff).

Side note for the Entourage fans out there: Rahm Emanuel's brother is Ari Emanuel, Mark Wahlberg's agent, and often sited as the inspiration for Ari Gold.

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