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CHIEF OF STAFF RAHM EMANUEL
Rahm Emanuel is the White House Chief of Staff. Prior to joining President
Barack H. Obama's administration, Emanuel served in the House of Representatives,
representing the fifth district of Illinois, and was Chairman of the House
Democratic Caucus. As an advocate for Chicago's working families, Emanuel
served on the House Ways and Means Committee, which oversees taxes, trade,
Social Security, and Medicare issues.
Appointed by then House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Emanuel served as Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for the 2006 cycle. Under his leadership, Democrats gained 30 seats in the House without losing a single incumbent, and ushered in a new Democratic majority for the first time in more than a decade.
In January 2007, the new majority elected Emanuel to serve as Democratic Caucus Chair, the fourth-highest-ranking member of the House Democratic Leadership. As Chair, Emanuel led the Democratic Caucus in fulfilling its campaign promise to pass legislation reflecting the values and priorities of the American people.
Before being elected to Congress, Emanuel worked at the Chicago investment bank Wasserstein Perella. He was a core member of the Clinton White House from 1993 to 1998, starting as the national finance director for the 1992 campaign and eventually becoming Senior Adviser to the President for Policy and Strategy. In 1989, Emanuel was a senior adviser and chief fundraiser for Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley's campaign. He also played an important role in Paul Simon's 1984 campaign for the Senate.
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Sarah Palin may be known as a pit bull, but Rep. Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama’s new chief of staff, is the real pit bull whose favorite target has always been Republicans.
Yet as his first personnel decision, Obama chose a man known as “Rahmbo” because of his hyper-partisan, bare-knuckle tactics that were honed in Chicago-style politics.
Emanuel has called himself a “Vince Lombardi Democrat” because he believes that “Winning isn’t everything. It’s the only thing.”
Emanuel once sent a dead fish to a pollster who displeased him. In one meeting with his staff, Emanuel shouted out, “Since my kids are gone, I can say it: They [Republicans] can go f--- themselves!”
“Rahm Emanuel’s job on the Hill was to advance the Democratic agenda, and he did so in a very partisan manner,” Brad Blakeman, a Republican strategist who was an aide in the Bush White House, tells me. “He has a history of being abrasive and using foul language. A chief of staff has to be more of a statesman to set an example to the staff on how they should comport themselves.”
Rahm Emanuel is the Real Pit Bull
Friday, November 7, 2008 12:18 PM By: Ronald Kessler
http://www.newsmax.com/kessler/emanuel_pit_bull/2008/11/07/148896.html
Former White House strategist Karl Rove says President-elect Barack Obama's choice for White House chief of staff, Rep. Rahm Emanuel, is a "sharp-edged partisan."
As chairman of the House Democratic caucus, the Illinois congressman is considered a skilled political organizer who has played a key role in thwarting President Bush's legislative agenda.
Rove Labels Emanuel a 'Sharp-Edged Partisan'
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 9:40 AM By: David A. Patten
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/rove_emanuel_obama/2008/11/05/147974.html
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