mydd.com - 11/7/2008
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Re: Axelrod, Gibbs to Join the White House ( 2.00 / 1 ) "Here's to hoping that their governing skills are in the same neighborhood as their electoral skills" I think that's exactly what he's going for, a campaign team. Let's face fact, with the legislation he's going to need to push it's going ...
blogs.abcnews.com - 11/6/2008
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blogs.abcnews.com —
Former Obama chief strategist David Axelrod has accepted
the position of Senior Adviser in the White House,
sources tell ABC News. He will join Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill, who has accepted the position of Obama's White House Chief of Staff....
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Axelrod, Emanuel to Obama White House
rollingstone.com - 11/6/2008
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rollingstone.com —
Rahm Emanuel has reportedly been tapped for Obama’s
Chief of Staff. He’s undoubtedly qualified and has the
enforcer mentality the job may just require. This is a serious, but decidedly un-cuddly pick. It’s essential to note that ...
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Axelrod’s Man in the White House
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... sees evidence that culturally conservative Republicans stayed home. Republicans could improve by calling for a tougher stance against illegal immigration, Kaus writes. Obama's campaign strategist David Axelrod and campaign spokesman Robert Gibbs will join Obama's White House staff. MyDD's Jonathan Singer hopes that they're as good at governing as they were at campaigning. But Axelrod, a political operative like Karl Rove, could politicize the White House, writes PoliGazette's ...
On Rahm
Open Left - Front Page —
I just heard Michelle Bernard on MSNBC laud Obama's Rahm Emanuel pick because he'll be able to reign in the left. Marc Ambinder echoes this point: "Advisers say that Obama has sent a not-so-subtle message to Congress: President-Elect Obama will not cede much agenda-setting ground to liberals."
So get ready to be kicked in the face, which progressives have clearly argued is why Rahm is the ideal pick, ushering in a new spirit of take-no-prisoners Democrats. He'll also effectively protect Obama from attacks from the right, since ...
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