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2008-11-05 Home Front: Politix

Rahm Emanuel accepts White House Chief of Staff job in the Obama administration.

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-11-05 15:26|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 The walls have ears.
A lotta Clintonistas on that transition team, Barry. You sure that's a wise move?

Posted by tu3031 2008-11-05 16:23|| 2008-11-05 16:23|| Front Page Top

#2 I've heard this guy is a quick to anger, hot head, "take-no-prisoners" kind of guy. So much for reaching across the aisle.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-11-05 16:24|| 2008-11-05 16:24|| Front Page Top

#3 He's a goon. Obama's a machine politician, and machine politicians use brute force tactics. For that you need goon squads.

Posted by Mike 2008-11-05 16:34|| 2008-11-05 16:34|| Front Page Top

#4 McCain keeps reaching across the ailse and has never figured out the plain brown bag they hand him has his huevos in it.

Keith Olbermann for Press Secretary.

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-11-05 16:35|| 2008-11-05 16:35|| Front Page Top

#5 McCain has always worked to get the important things done. There are others want to win, and the Devil take the consequences.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-11-05 17:17|| 2008-11-05 17:17|| Front Page Top

#6 Change!

Posted by Rex Mundi 2008-11-05 18:58|| 2008-11-05 18:58|| Front Page Top

#7 Good, get him out of Illinois. Slightly off topic, but I expect the Obama administration to be a revolving door for the White House staff and cabinet. When Barry screws the pooch he likes to throw people under the bus so he doesn't have to take the blame. I anticipate a lot of sore puppies in the coming years.

Posted by Scott R 2008-11-05 19:02|| 2008-11-05 19:02|| Front Page Top

#8 Axelrod handled both Obamas and Emanuels election campaigns. Other clients of his included J.Edwards, Hillary, C.Dodd, Tom Vilsack, Eliot Spitzer, David Patrick, and about (6) prominent Black mayors. Quite a list.

Posted by Tom- Pa 2008-11-05 19:19|| 2008-11-05 19:19|| Front Page Top

#9 Tony Rezko - HUD

Think bold. Think Treasury...

Posted by Raj 2008-11-05 19:21|| 2008-11-05 19:21|| Front Page Top

#10 When Barry screws the pooch he likes to throw people under the bus so he doesn't have to take the blame.

Dude - I think you just captured the next two years in a nutshell. Only question is, what's the over / under?

Posted by Raj 2008-11-05 19:28|| 2008-11-05 19:28|| Front Page Top

#11 Sorry Raj, but Secretary of the Treasury is a affirmative action spot set aside for U.S. Rep. William "Ice Box" Jefferson of Louisiana. He knows how to cool the dollar if it gets to hot.

Rezko and Obama have worked together on Housing and Urban Development issues before so they can hit the Hood running.

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-11-05 19:42|| 2008-11-05 19:42|| Front Page Top

#12 "CIA will play a central part in the Intelligence Community's outreach to the President-elect."

My guess is Rocky threw his hat in the ring for Mayor of Spookville when as Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, he gave his boys the major reach-around.

Posted by DepotGuy 2008-11-05 19:50|| 2008-11-05 19:50|| Front Page Top

#13 There is Franklin Delano "Fred" Raines (Fannie Mae fame) for Secretary of Treasury. James Johnson and Jamie Gorelick are other possibilities for cabinet positions. How about Barney Frank for Secretary of Interior?

Change? Ka-Ching, Ka-Ching!

Posted by JohnQC 2008-11-05 19:52|| 2008-11-05 19:52|| Front Page Top

#14 What does the Chief of Staff actually do?

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-11-05 20:36|| 2008-11-05 20:36|| Front Page Top

#15 He controls access and the flow of information to the president.

Posted by ed 2008-11-05 20:41|| 2008-11-05 20:41|| Front Page Top

#16 Bawney Fwank could work at the State Department keeping open "Back Channels" for our Diplomats to such countries as Iran and North Korea.

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-11-05 20:44|| 2008-11-05 20:44|| Front Page Top

#17 I think this is a joke. I hope it is.

Several Democrats said Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, who won a new six-year term on Tuesday, was angling for secretary of state. They spoke on condition of anonymity, saying they were not authorized to discuss any private conversations.

Kerry's spokeswoman, Brigid O'Rourke, disputed the reports. "It's not true. It's ridiculous," she said in an interview.

Well, half of that statement is true...

Posted by tu3031 2008-11-05 21:26|| 2008-11-05 21:26|| Front Page Top

#18 Rahm Emanuel is Jewish, I wonder if Obama will have him over for diner with Rashid Khalidi.

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-11-05 21:33|| 2008-11-05 21:33|| Front Page Top

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