C-Span-Rahm Emanuel Will Not Be Chief Of Staff

[DemocratSinceBirth]

He was offered the job and balked.

[Renew Deal]

1. Too bad

I wonder who they have in mind.

[book_worm]

2. maybe he will be appointed to Obama's senate seat instead?

[Pirate Smile]

3. Did they say he turned down O because ABC is reporting it was offered?

[yourguide]

4. Damn, love that Rahm.

[cali]

5. If he is, that's fine with me.

Emanuel knows the legislative process inside and out. He's an excellent tactician. He won't be making policy. He'd be carrying out President Obama's agenda, not his own.

[WallStreetNobody]

6. He balked? I can't believe that. He's a close friend and colleage of Obama's.

Unless he was offered another position as well if he wanted, but I can't believe he would not choose to join the administration.

[Clio the Leo]

9. Yeah, I'm not buyin' it either. NT

[Vinca]

7. It's well known he wants to be Speaker. nt

[progressoid]

8. But but but Fox Snewz just told me he was.

[Pithy]

10. I wonder

if Obama's campaign manager, David Pflouffe would do a good job? Or maybe Clinton's COS, Leon Panetta, who advised Obama during the campaign?

[Enrique]

11. what is C-span's source?

[apnu]

13. No kidding, MSNBC reported, before Obama's speech last night that Rahm did take the job.

:wtf:

[olkaz]

12. Thank goodness. No clue why people here were supporting this BS.

How short a memory everyone has.

I'll never forget how he and his DLC ilk got out in front of the 2006 victories even though they did everything they could to undermine the real reason for those gains - Howard Dean and the 50 State Strategy.

[Fla Dem]

14. Need to be careful...don't offer jobs, leak the info and then get turned down.

I just want to see everything go perfectly for Obama. Things like this happening just gives fodder to the nattering nabobs of negativism.