Breaking: (CNN) Rahm may announce leaving in Oct for a run for

[obxhead]

mayor.

Barely caught it, off to hunt for some more info.

Edit to add:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/09/22/emanuel.departing.wh/index.html?iref=allsearch

Washington (CNN) -- There is now a good chance that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel will step down from his post as early as October to focus on running for mayor of Chicago, according to two people close to Emanuel.

One person close to Emanuel added that highly respected White House Deputy Chief of Staff Pete Rouse is the favorite to take over on a temporary basis to give President Barack Obama more time to find a long-term replacement. But other people close to the situation said it is too early to determine who will replace Emanuel in the short term or the long term because the process is so fluid at this point.

Rouse served as chief of staff in Obama's Senate office and is known to have the president's trust. Democratic officials have told CNN that Rouse, who is known for not relishing the spotlight, has suggested he does not want the chief of staff post permanently. But it is expected he would be willing to help the White House get through a transition period and then have an influential role in helping select the full-time replacement.

The people close to Emanuel confirmed a report in Time magazine, CNN's sister publication, that Emanuel could leave as early as next month so he could devote his full energies to mounting a bid to replace retiring Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. There is some urgency to the situation because candidates must gather 12,500 signatures by November 22, three months ahead of the February 22 primary.

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May the door hit him in the ass hard enough to knock him over on the way out!

[piratefish08]

1. go Rahm go!

anywhere.

just fucking go.

[marmar]

2. Poor Chicago.

:scared:

[TheWraith]

11. Emanuel will be infinitely better than Daly.

Despite whatever boogeyman associations DU has with him.

[DJ13]

3. Happy dance!

[Renew Deal]

4. When is that election?

When does he actually leave?

[Robbins]

5. Rahm

Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Obama needs a Chief of staff whose primary goal Is to help him achieve his agenda and win relection.You may not like the health care
reform but If It was up to Rahm we would not have gotten any reform.

[Tatiana]

6. I don't know who's worse, Daley or Rahm.

But, I'd take the hit in Chicago if we got a more progressive Chief of Staff policywise in the White House.

[TheWraith]

12. Daley, by far. nt

[Ichingcarpenter]

7. Summers now Rahm things might be looking up

for progressives. With Warren coming in that might be an indication of the change
I want.

[metapunditedgy]

23. Yeah, we should have elections every week. n/t

[MannyGoldstein]

25. remember, it's darkest before the dawn

Or before it goes completely black

Both work...

[RKP5637]

8. Good, I'd like to see Obama getting input from different people... n/t

[peace frog]

14. Different as in progressive people, yes!

That would be a giant step in the left direction. :)

[RKP5637]

26. Yep!!! n/t

[golddigger]

9. I'm so sad.

:party: :toast: :bounce: :headbang: :woohoo: :applause:

NOT!!!

[Greyhound]

10. I wish I could rejoice, but the damage is done. K&R.

[obxhead]

16. I agree. I can only dream of what the Obama admin could have

been without him being a part of it.

Oh yeah, I did dream of it during the campaign. :(

[Greyhound]

22. His appointment was just too indicative of what we've subsequently seen.

Then the rest of the Wall Street/Harvard gang sealed it.

[Cleita]

18. Not really. If he turns things around sufficiently in

the next two years people will get back on the bandwagon. I worry about losing the majorities in Congress and that will tie his hands considerably because they are already planning on launching investigations about his legitimacy and that is all they will do for the next two years is harass him.

[Greyhound]

21. I really hope you are right.

But we're about 6 weeks out from the election and they're still putting us down as irrelevant. OTOH, the republiks are doing their best to ensure that their candidates are so completely beyond sanity that we might hold onto our majorities.

Interesting times.
:hi:

[proud patriot]

13. Woo Hoo !

[Individualist]

15. Won't it be interesting to see who his replacement will be!

[obxhead]

17. It would be hard for a more destructive pick to be found. nt

[Individualist]

19. I don't agree

There are plenty more DLCers available - some just as bad as Rahm, others worse.

[Demeter]

20. Oh, Please, Please Please!

Let him run, and lose miserably, and never hold a paying job again...

[democrank]

24. DLCers must be sobbing

[lunatica]

27. October can't come soon enough

Maybe they have a spot for him on FOXNews