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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/7837686/Rahm-Emanuel-expected-to-quit-White-House.html

Quite a shocker, eh?

Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, is expected to leave his job later this year after growing tired of the "idealism" of Barack Obama's inner circle.
Washington insiders say he will quit within six to eight months in frustration at their unwillingness to "bang heads together" to get policy pushed through.

Mr Emanuel, 50, enjoys a good working relationship with Mr Obama but they are understood to have reached an understanding that differences over style mean he will serve only half the full four-year term.

Friends say he is also worried about burnout and losing touch with his young family due to the pressure of one of most high profile jobs in US politics.

"I would bet he will go after the midterms," said a leading Democratic consultant in Washington. "Nobody thinks it's working but they can't get rid of him – that would look awful. He needs the right sort of job to go to but the consensus is he'll go."

An official from the Bill Clinton era said that "no one will be surprised" if Mr Emanuel left after the midterm elections in November, when the Democratic party will battle to save its majorities in the house of representatives and the senate.

It is well known in Washington that arguments have developed between pragmatic Mr Emanuel, a veteran in Congress where he was known for driving through compromises, and the idealistic inner circle who followed Mr Obama to the White House.

His abrasive style has rubbed some people the wrong way, while there has been frustration among Mr Obama's closest advisers that he failed to deliver a smooth ride for the president's legislative programme that his background promised.

"It might not be his fault, but the perception is there," said the consultant, who asked not to be named. "Every vote has been tough, from health care to energy to financial reform.

"Democrats have not stood behind the president in the way Republicans did for George W Bush, and that was meant to be Rahm's job."

Mr Emanuel has privately expressed a readiness to run for mayor of Chicago, which is also his home town though he was never part of the Obama set and did not endorse the then senator in the Democratic primary in 2008.

That would however depend on Mayor Richard Daley stepping down when he is up for re-election in 2011.

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Poor Rahm. Guess he'll have plenty of time to take up a hobby. Possibly, knitting would be a good one to try - isn't that what he told us PUMAs to do - knit? lol.

Another Clinton back-stabber bites the dust!! Good news. Rahm ditched the Clintons for Obama. Now, the thrill is gone (apparently for both Rahm and his boss). Guess Rahm isn't as talented a Pol as some thought. Had he had great political insights, he would have understood that Obama had no substance, no experience, no real potential to remain a player. Hell, even we knew that, and we're merely simple old women, fit for little more than knitting. lol


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freespirit wrote:

Poor Rahm. Guess he'll have plenty of time to take up a hobby. Possibly, knitting would be a good one to try - isn't that what he told us PUMAs to do - knit? lol.

Another Clinton back-stabber bites the dust!! Good news. Rahm ditched the Clintons for Obama. Now, the thrill is gone (apparently for both Rahm and his boss). Guess Rahm isn't as talented a Pol as some thought. Had he had great political insights, he would have understood that Obama had no substance, no experience, no real potential to remain a player. Hell, even we knew that, and we're merely simple old women, fit for little more than knitting. lol



 "Mr Emanuel has privately expressed a readiness to run for mayor of Chicago, which is also his home town though he was never part of the Obama set and did not endorse the then senator in the Democratic primary in 2008.
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what i got from it is that Rahm is a Clintonite. i see Rahm giving some inside dirt of rifts within the administration and you all ... See Moreremember it was Rahm who asked Bill Clinton for a favor regarding Sestak. i get the feeling Rahm and Bill are buddys and ....... you all tell me your take on my take

remember paul o,neil's book and public disclosures of inside info while he worked for Bush????





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Amy, couldn't get your link to work, but I get your point. However, it was surprising that Rahm reached out to Bill, given the lack of loyalty shown to the Clintons in 2008. Am I mistaken in thinking that he endorsed Obama for nominee? The Clintons would have been justified in holding some resentment toward him, given that Bill had been his supporter, when he failed to return the favor. I wonder if at some point in the past eighteen months, Rahm has tried to make up for his lack of support, and if so, if he is advocating for a 2012 run by Hillary.

Please try to connect link again, or just post the url so we can check out your article. I'd love to see it.



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freespirit wrote:

Amy, couldn't get your link to work, but I get your point. However, it was surprising that Rahm reached out to Bill, given the lack of loyalty shown to the Clintons in 2008. Am I mistaken in thinking that he endorsed Obama for nominee? The Clintons would have been justified in holding some resentment toward him, given that Bill had been his supporter, when he failed to return the favor. I wonder if at some point in the past eighteen months, Rahm has tried to make up for his lack of support, and if so, if he is advocating for a 2012 run by Hillary.

Please try to connect link again, or just post the url so we can check out your article. I'd love to see it.

he supported Hillary until she quit and supported O herself

 



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Oops! My bad, I guess. I could have sworn he was one of the back-stabbers. Maybe, after the knitting comment he made about PUMAs when we wouldn't get on board the Obama bus, I wrote him off as a traitor. Anyway, if he can and will help further the cause of President HRC in 2012 - more power to him!

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