Emanuel ... to quiit White House in six to eight months.

[TeaBagsAreForCups]

"Rahm Emanuel, Obama's Chief of Staff to quit White House in six to eight months"

BY Meena Hartenstein
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Sunday, June 20th 2010, 9:44 PM

Rahm Emanuel just can't take it anymore. That's what "Washington insiders" are telling the London Telegraph, which reports that the White House chief of staff is tired of sparring with both Republicans and fellow Democrats and will quit in the next six to eight months.

"I would bet he will go after the midterms," The Telegraph quotes a "leading Democratic" source as saying. "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 but the consensus is he'll go."

- SNIP -

Emanuel, who has openly admitted he didn't want the chief of staff job when it was first offered to him, said in a March interview with 60 Minutes, "It's seven days a week, constant. And even at night, you're never really calm sleeping. No matter how exhausted, you're not calm. You're never kinda off."

The father of three also told 60 Minutes that the job is "a tremendous amount of pressure. And it's a tremendous amount to ask of your family."

- SNIP -

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/06/20/2010-06-20_rahm_emanuel_obamas_chief_of_staff_to_quit_white_house_in_six_to_eight_months_re.html

[Ken Burch]

1. If he didn't want the job, why the hell did he take it?

It's not as if you aren't allowed to turn down a presidential job offer.

And if all his assholiness has been about taking it out on the rest of the party that he doesn't get weekends off...well, fuck him AND whatever the hell he rode in on!

[Nikki Stone1]

5. The job at the Dairy Queen was taken.

:)

[Ken Burch]

15. If he was a DQ manager, I'd pity the kid on the fry machine.

(or testify in the kid's defense at the assault trial).

[undeterred]

2. I thought he liked being in the middle of all those battles.

He seems to thrive on it.

[roguevalley]

37. he probably thought he did but people didn't have to do what he

told them just because he said something at this level. and I don't think he likes not being either feared or loved or some combo of this.

[ingac70]

3. buh bye, Rahm....

don't let the door hit you in the ass.

[Arctic Dave]

4. If memory serves me right, we didn't want him to be Chief of Staff either.

[JI7]

6. people have been posting stuff about Rahm leaving for a while now

none of it has come true

[joe black]

7. Could you leave before the mid-terms.

I don't want you fucking that up too.

[saracat]

8. Too late damage done. Obama wanted him, he got him.

So now he is throwing out that old "family canard". Yeah I remember all the folks in the Bush Admin that went to "spend more time with their families". What a joke. This is supposed to give the "lefties" something to hope for when it no longer matters. Great.

[sendero]

11. I agree...

... with you Saracat. All of the opportunities for greatness have been squandered now. After the mid terms, it will be a fight to get anything at all passed.

[RKP5637]

13. Yeah, same as when I worked in the corps. So and so left to "spend more

time with their families" or "to pursue other opportunities." Those are the most trite excuses in the book.

[mod mom]

40. + 1. Can't be soon enough!

[sendero]

9. I'll believe it..

.. when it happens.

[miscsoc]

44. Since the story cites the Telegraph

I'd take the story with a grain of salt. American newspapers will have far better contacts in the U.S. government than British ones, no doubt whatever was said to the Telegraph journalist had been said to various U.S. journalists many times.

It could be legit but British newspapers are much more lax with fact checking than American ones. (It's not really dishonest, because British newspaper readers don't really expect anything else) Basically I assume the reason this story came via the British press is that american journalists didn't consider the source credible enough to justify reporting the story.

[hedgehog]

10. Hmmm, you don't suppose "Washington insiders" and/or

"a leading Democrat" are pushing this story to undercut Emmanuel and force him out, now do you?

No, it couldn't possibly be an anonymous source pushing an agenda!

Ask any older Democrats how the Press treated Jimmy Carter's staff:

"Characterized as a party boy, Jordan seemed to delight in encouraging his image as a rule-breaker in staid Washington circles. He would stash his dirty tennis clothes in his West Wing office, and he wore blue jeans to social functions long before that was socially acceptable. He got in trouble for allegedly spitting amaretto at a woman in a bar and for allegedly comparing the cleavage of the wife of the Egyptian ambassador to the Pyramids at a state dinner. He denied both charges. In 1979 he was the subject of a special counsel investigation over whether he had snorted cocaine at a nightclub in New York. NEWSWEEK ran a story about Jordan (with a picture of him drinking a Coca-Cola) under the headline "Now, Ham and Coke?"

The evidence that Jordan did drugs was nonexistent, and no charges were ever brought. Carter stuck with him throughout, distrustful of the media's judgment and mindful of Jordan's keen sense of strategy."

http://www.newsweek.com/2008/05/22/remembering-hamilton-jordan.html

[Barack_America]

12. I thought the title said that Rahm was going to QUILT the WH...

I would like to see his handiwork.

[Jamastiene]

43. Lol

:spray:

[depakid]

14. We shall see- that's been my prediction since last fall

unfortunately for the rest of us, he may leave with an encore of his 1994 debacle on his resume.

[HughMoran]

16. Predicted it

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=433&topic_id=341198#341203

[doc03]

17. Why wait 6 to 8 months, he should have left yesterday. n/t

[mistertrickster]

18. Let it be true . . . nt

[madrchsod]

19. maybe ...but i see axlerod going first

[NoPasaran]

20. Leaving in twenty-four business hours

[DFLforever]

21. I don't think the President liked the 'leaks' that sound

as if they came from Rahm. I surprised he didn't get rid of him after HCR and the self-serving stories re Rahm in the Washington Post. But I'll bet the 10 million dollar pissed away by labor story was the last straw.

This president is not one to make unnecessary enemies, especially of organized labor. How f.... dumb, Rahm.

[frazzled]

22. Chiefs of Staff rarely serve more than several years

So this story is really kind of a big yawn. "The average term-of-service for a White House Chief of Staff is a little under 2.5 years." So Emmanuel would be "average" in this sense.

Bill Clinton had 4 Chiefs of Staff during his 8-year tenure: Mack McLarty, Leon Panetta, Erskine Bowles, and John Podesta (as did Ronald Reagan). Shrub was unusual in having only two. (Why need more, when the VP's office was running things anyway?)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_White_House_Chiefs_of_Staff

[Sebastian Doyle]

23. Get rid of his ass now

It would be a sure sign of this Administration moving more towards Democratic values, and away from this DLC shit. Probably will win more seats in November that way.

[Individualist]

24. I wonder who his replacement will be. Harold Ford?

[Sebastian Doyle]

25. Don't. Give. Them. Any. Ideas.

:scared: :puke:

[DFLforever]

26. Oh? Has Harold Ford ever supported this President?

[riverdale]

27. Has Blanche Lincoln?

never stopped Obama before

[DFLforever]

28. She supported his key agenda issue, HCR

and the Recovery Act, for starters, which is why he supported her.

[Individualist]

33. Obama's ties to DLC...

Now, with a new Democratic President in the White House and strong majorities in both houses of congress and among statehouses, the mission we set out to achieve in 1985 has been accomplished and the first phase of the DLC's work is finished.

-snip-

the new DLC will be devoted to the battle for reform and ideas, not politics. It will be a reform think tank dedicated to developing, promoting, and enacting an agenda as bold and pragmatic as America's new president. It will work closely with allies in Congress and the administration to make sure President Obama and his reform agenda succeeds.
http://www.dlc.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=86&subid=84&contentid=254927



Mr. From said Mr. Obama had an intellectual, and not just tactical, connection to the D.L.C.
http://www.observer.com/2008/barack-obama-d-l-c-clintonite#

Obama's Democratic cabinet selections have twice the DLC representation of the Democratic membership of Congress. This list does not include Rahm Emanuel, who will be the first White House Chief of Staff during the Obama administration. Nor does it include national security advisor Jim Jones, who supported McCain during the election.
http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=10580

Obama's ties to the Democratic Leadership Council have been very disturbing for years. So has his close friendship with DLC Leading Light Emanuel and his approval if not active involvement in Emanuel's campaign to recruit harsher and harsher conservatives as local Democratic candidates.
http://dlcwatch.blogspot.com/

President Obama Declares His DLC Allegiance: Says "I Am A New Democrat"
http://www.blackagendareport.com/?q=content/president-obama-declares-his-dlc-allegiance-says-i-am-new-democrat

“It doesn’t matter that President Obama wasn’t a card-carrying founder of the DLC,” Clinton said at the event. “It doesn’t matter that he has a special style and a special way. He has put a lot of people who think like us and who borrow a lot of our ideas .”
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/47179-dlc-seeks-to-play-bigger-role-in-obama-era

[DFLforever]

34. I see from your links they're working overtime to claim the

President.
It c an only enhance their prestige and clout, right?

Sorry, it doesn't concern or worry me that he tries to butter up the Blue Dogs. He needs their votes. I remember when southern Dems were true reactionaries. Thank god for the Southern Strategy because now most are Republican..

[TeaBagsAreForCups]

49. That would be...

... going from the frying pan into the fires of hell.

[gateley]

29. What exactly is the Chief of Staff supposed to DO? Not Rahm, but the position

itself, what's the role?

[DFLforever]

32. That's a good question

I know with many past presidents, no one could see the president without going through the COS.

I get the impression this COS hasn't got that kind of authority.

edit: typo

[gateley]

47. Thanks. I agree - I don't think Obama would like somebody else deciding

who and who not he would see.

[Cleita]

38. He's in the President's ear 24/7 if what I got from

"The West Wing" rings true. Remember Leo was President Bartlett's Chief of Staff and he was eventually replaced by C. J. who had started out as the Press Secretary. I also remember years ago that John Dean's wife Mo had written a book about the White House and in her book the Chief of Staff actually did the nuts and bolts work of the President and he wielded almost as much power as the President.

[gateley]

48. Interesting - thanks! nt

[Canuckistanian]

30. What's wrong with NOW?

If his family is suffering, he should go.

We'll understand.

[DFLforever]

31. Big election coming up.

[w4rma]

35. Rahm is trying for a repeat of his 1994 performance. Saboteur. (nt)

[Bert]

36. Let me know when it actually happens

[hootinholler]

39. Is that working months or calendar months? n/t

[Oilwellian]

41. Good riddance to Rahm

He has been poison to Democrats.

[Jamastiene]

42. I'll believe it when I see it.

I don't see him going anywhere. I'm not saying I wouldn't love it if the person who called us "retards" was out of there, but I just don't see it actually happening. :shrug:

[Tailormyst]

45. The sooner the better

He's a greedy corporate ass-kissing bastard.

[breadandwine]

46. Rahm is not leaving.

This is reporters in search of copy. We've been hearing this for some time. Rahm is leaving, Just not now. Later. So lay off and stop bothering me.

Look at what one source in the article said:

"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 but the consensus is he'll go."

THEY CAN'T GET RID OF HIM it said.

Does that sound like he's leaving?

[Xenotime]

50. This is just something the RW media is using to test the waters.