Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) has accepted the first big role in the Obama administration. He will serve as White House Chief of Staff.
Emanuel served in the Clinton White House, received a cushy spot on the board at Freddie Mac, made a ton of money as the managing director of an investment bank, was elected to Congress, and has a quick rise to become the fourth highest ranking Democrat. In the 2008 election cycle, he raised big money from Wall Street yet faced no serious opposition.
Here are few articles so that you can learn a little bit more about him.
He's a bulldog. He'll be the bad cop. But is this change we can believe in?
Will Rahm Emanuel advise/allow Barack Obama to expose the fraudulent behavior of Freddie Mac or Wall Street investment banks? Will he help drive a spirit of bi-partisanship? To me, Rahm Emanuel embodies Washington politics. This is not any sort of change I can believe in.
To be clear... I'm not saying this is a bad choice for Obama. Emanuel will certainly help him push his agenda. It just doesn't come across to me as the symbolic gesture upon which Obama galvanized over 60 million Americans.
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I thought it was interesting that the "change we can believe in" has so far been a 30-year senator as VP and now several top Clinton advisors back in advisory roles. Is the man who famously said "Republicans can go f--k themselves" really the guy who's going to change the partisan tone in Washington? Hmmmmmmmmm.
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