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Rahm Emanuel Disses Sarah Palin

Posted 11.22.2011

Former White House chief of staff and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel had plenty of partisan jokes for the audience at a dinner for Iowa Democrats in Des M...

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Emanuel To Campaign For Obama At Iowa Democratic Party Dinner

Posted 11.21.2011

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Mayor Rahm Emanuel will headline the Iowa Democratic Party's fundraiser for his former boss, President Barack Obama, according to an announcement from...

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N'Digo Exclusive: Mayor-Elect Rahm Emanuel

Hermene Hartman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The vast majority of Chicagoans who bothered to vote basically told Rahm, you asked for it, you got it. Now, the entire city wants to know what he's going to do with it.

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Rahm Emanuel Not Slowing Down On Campaign Trail, Despite Big Lead

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said Saturday that tackling Chicago's reputation for sweetheart deals and patronage hea...

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Emanuel the Best Choice for a Cleaner Chicago

Jack Darin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Throughout his career, Rahm has not just been a strong supporter of environmental protection -- he has been a key strategist in efforts to protect Lake Michigan, and to move toward a clean energy future.

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Obama Orders Shutdown of Second City

Mark Steinberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama has just imposed martial law in Chicago, Illinois. He will consider signing an Executive Order directing that the western border of the District of Columbia shall extend to Iowa.

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Obama Sure Could Have Used Josiah Bartlett's Staff

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Bartlett was a smart, savvy man (like Barack Obama) but he depended on his chief-of-staff, Leo McGarry, to steer him right. Although many of Obama's staff put the President first, I don't see any evidence that Rahm Emanuel did.

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Friday Talking Points [141] -- Rahm's Exit Contest Winner Announced

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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I will begin today's column by drying a tear as we all wish Rahm Emanuel a fond farewell. Actually, I am lying. I am drying no tears for Rahm becaus...

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The High And Lows Of Rahm Emanuel's Chief Of Staff Tenure

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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When Barack Obama made the transition from one-term Illinois Senator to 44th President of the United States, he employed the help of some vital Washin...

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Rahm Is Going

Nigel Hamilton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Emanuel can leave the White House, then, with considerable pride in his accomplishments.

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Report: Tenant Won't Leave Rahm Emanuel's Chicago Home

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's Chicago politics at its best. Sneed hears an effort by Chicago mayoral hopeful Rahm Emanuel to move back into his North Side home next month was...

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Replacing Summers: Think Policy, Not Politico

Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama can focus on policy, naming a replacement for Larry Summers who wants to ease the economic strains on American households, or he can focus on politics, naming a candidate who appeases the corporate executive class.

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Rahm Emanuel Commissions Pollster For Potential Chicago Mayoral Run

Chicago Sun Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has commissioned his longtime pollster, Stanley Greenberg, to survey Chicagoans about a potentia...

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Mayor Daley On Rahm Emanuel's Mayor Remark: 'It's Not Stepping On My Toes' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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While other local politicians did not seem thrilled about Rahm Emanuel's interest in becoming Chicago's mayor some day, Mayor Daley himself was suppor...

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Rahm Emanuel Wants To Run For Chicago Mayor (TRANSCRIPT)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Rahm Emanuel wants to run for mayor of Chicago...and he said it himself this time. In an interview on Charlie Rose's PBS talk show Monday night, Ema...

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Why Alabama Democrats Rejected Centrist Artur Davis, Obama's Pal

Andrew Kreig | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a stunning rejection of the Republican-lite tactics often favored by Dem party leaders in red and swing states, Alabama Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks upset Congressman Artur Davis in Tuesday's gubernatorial primary race.

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The Shame Of Israel: Son of Rahm's Tight Security Bar Mitzvah

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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If the half-Israeli, all-Jewish chief-of-staff to a President who provides Israel with more aid, by far, than any other country is not safe in Israel in Israel, who is?

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Rahm Emanuel Chicago Mayor Run Still Possible, But Not Against Daley

Posted 05.25.2011

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Two months ago, it seemed like the speculation about Rahm Emanuel running for Chicago mayor had been put to bed once and for all. Not so fast. ...

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Friday Talking Points [114] -- When Will Rahm Go? Place Your Bets!

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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The debate outside the Beltway (and, increasingly, inside the Beltway as well) is whether Rahm Emanuel should leave his job sooner, or later.

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Rahm's Rescue Mission: His Own Image

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

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Emanuel's main job is serving as President Barack Obama's not-so-mild-mannered point man on the renewed, possibly quixotic final push for health care ...

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Friday Talking Points [110] -- Left Still Waiting For Rahm Apology

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democrats need to realize that they still have the biggest majority in both houses of Congress that they are likely to see in their lifetimes.

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Is Rahm Emanuel Helping Or Hurting The Obama Agenda?

The Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reporting from Washington - A senior presidential aide is supposed to solve problems, not create or compound them for his boss. So the White House was...

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HouseQuake: Rahm Emanuel Is Star Of Documentary About 2006 Elections (VIDEO)

The New York Times | Peter Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Before there was Rahm Emanuel, the relentless White House chief of staff, there was Rahm Emanuel, the relentless House Democratic campaign strategist ...

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Rahm: Americans "Have A Right To Be Frustrated And Angry" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an interview with CNN's John King Sunday, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said Americans have a right to be upset about recent events on Wa...

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Rahm Emanuel: Don't Worry About the Left

WSJ | Posted 05.25.2011

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Turn off MSNBC. Tune out Howard Dean and Keith Olbermann. The White House has its liberal wing in hand on health care, says White House Chief of Staff...

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