"WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic officials say Barack Obama's fellow Chicagoan Rahm Emanuel has agreed to be White House chief of staff.
One of Obama's first decisions as president-elect was to ask the Illinois congressman to run his White House staff. Emanuel accepted Thursday after struggling over family and political considerations.
Emanuel serves in the House Democratic leadership and will have to resign his seat and put aside hopes of becoming House speaker.
Emanuel is a fiery Democrat who served as a political and policy aide in the Clinton White House. His selection is a shift in tone for Obama, who chose more low-key leadership for his presidential campaign."
O.K., Obama's made a good move here: on a scale of 1 to 10, politically, Rahm Emanuel is a 10. TMR is very impressed with this choice. It says Obama's not "playing president" anymore. Israel can rest easier and Al Qaeda has to be worried. Emanuel is a tough customer that conservatives should feel better about: he's not an idiot, like Howard Dean, or something.
I feel comfortable that our country is now in capable hands, and could be off to the promised "fresh start" we can be proud of. I can't say enough good things about this:
Democrat or not, Rahm Emanuel embodies The Macho Response.
Yea, I respect him - he's a fighter - but he's also Chicago Democrat, so you need him to be watched by:
i agree. i am a conservative jew, and was sure Israel was in danger after O won. i couldn't understand how jews could vote for this man. i am very pleased with this selection. if i am correct, i believe he also stood with Bush on Iraq for the long haul.
ReplyDeletei voted McCain, but i will support O and pray for a successful presidency. Country first. :-)
Hear, hear!!!
ReplyDeleteCountry first!
I'll go a little further than MLK - judge a man by the content of his character as evidenced by his actions not his words or the colour of his skin.
ReplyDeleteI'm not hopeful about Obama given he's out of the Daley Machine but let's see what the guy's really made of once he steps up to the plate. Sometimes (very occasionally) people surprise me by exceeding my exceedingly low expectations.
Right on, Johnny:
ReplyDeleteI'm waiting to be impressed - and this is a good start to making that happen - but Obama's chosen so many other Clinton people it's hard to get excited.
Where be da "change"?