This guy needs to GO!!!! from Obama's Administration

[bigdarryl]

SHIT HEAD!!!! http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/07/rahm-public-plan-trigger/

[femmocrat]

1. Yep. And take Arne Duncan with him. n/t

[Dinger]

5. DITTO!

Goddamn, they both SUCK!

[junkiebrewster]

2. Ummm

That's from July. Got anything current?

[argonaut]

3. Rahm's a fixer.

No-one really likes him, but he's the kind of mean son-of-a-bitch that Obama needs.

[tekisui]

4. Would you rather him be in the House Leadership, where bills are

written?

[Moochy]

8. ...Right... because he's 'neutralized' as White House Chief of Staff

:eyes:

What was Emanuel up to between government gigs? (emphasis mine.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel#Career_in_finance

in 1998 Emanuel resigned from his position in the Clinton administration and became an investment banker at Wasserstein Perella (now Dresdner Kleinwort), where he worked until 2002.<29> In 1999, he became a managing director at the firm’s Chicago office. Emanuel made $16.2 million in his two-and-a-half-year stint as a banker, according to Congressional disclosures.<29><30> At Wasserstein Perella, he worked on eight deals, including the acquisition by Commonwealth Edison of Peco Energy and the purchase by GTCR Golder Rauner of the SecurityLink home security unit from SBC Communications.<29>

Emanuel was named to the Board of Directors for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("Freddie Mac") by then President Bill Clinton in 2000. His position earned him at least $320,000, including later stock sales.<31><32> He was not assigned to any of the board's working committees, and the Board met no more than six times per year.<32>

During his time on the board, Freddie Mac was plagued with scandals involving campaign contributions and accounting irregularities.<32><33> The Obama Administration rejected a request under the Freedom of Information Act to review Freddie Mac board minutes and correspondence during Emanuel's time as a director.<32>

The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) later accused the board of having "failed in its duty to follow up on matters brought to its attention." Emanuel resigned from the board in 2001 when he ran for Congress.<34>

[tekisui]

10. I'm no fan, but the House is really the most strongly Liberal

place we have. They are more dependable than the Senate or the WH. Who's to say if Rahm was still there he wouldn't be compromising that strength.

[DrDan]

6. oh brother - a trigger - what a joke

I assume we will allow the insurance companies to tell us when the trigger is appropriate

[sharp_stick]

7. That's more than a month old

any story that stale is probably only due 1 or possibly 2 "!"'s.

[NYC_SKP]

9. "...and keep your enemies closer". Rahm's a loose cannon, safer when nearer the president...

...and not without his skills.

He makes a good henchman!

[SpartanDem]

11. Yeah and you need to learn how to read the story is form July 7

[emulatorloo]

12. You are a little out of date: Rahm Emanuel: Bipartisanship is Dead. Read the quote

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8598495


Rahm Emanuel: Bipartisanship Is Dead
http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/bipartisanship/rahm-emanuel-okay-bipartisanship-is-dead


This quote from Rahm Emanuel is, I believe, the starkest admission yet from the White House that liberals may have been right to warn that Republicans had no intention of reaching any kind of genuine compromise with Dems on health care reform:

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“The Republican leadership,” Mr. Emanuel said, “has made a strategic decision that defeating President Obama’s health care proposal is more important for their political goals than solving the health insurance problems that Americans face every day.”


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This could — could — be a turning point in the debate. Up until now, the White House had been content to let its outside allies make this case while maintaining the posture that President Obama still held out hope for bipartisan agreement.

[whistler162]

13. Okay who is it this second!

:eyes: