crooksandliars.com - 1/14/2009
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One of Blue America's earliest and most heartfelt successes came in 2006 when we helped Bruce Braley turn Iowa's first CD from red to blue. After a stellar first term, Bruce didn't need help being re-elected. His 64% win in November was the highest margin of any candidate in the state (including ...
For Obama and Emanuel, it's take a Republican out to eat day
latimesblogs.latimes.com 1/28/2009 — This is Love-a-Gop Day around the White House.
The party that the Great Changer was sure the country didn't want four more years of is in big demand for now. The Democrats don't really need their votes in Congress to pass pretty much whatever ...
Sticking It to Rahm
thedailybeast.com 1/30/2009 — From their shared loathing of Rahm Emanuel to the insurgency led by the minority leader ( he took us by the throat ), the inside story of why not a single House Republican supported the president s stimulus package. "Rahm, you don't waste a crisis," a ...
Rahm Emanuel back to Congress?
swamppolitics.com 2/2/2009 — by John McCormick and Dan Mihalopoulos
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is interested in potentially returning to Chicago someday to reclaim the congressional seat he held until a month ago, a candidate running to replace him said Sunday. ...
O! Come On, Emanuel [Dan Collins]
proteinwisdom.com 12/24/2008 — Chicago Sun-Times :
In addition to talking with Gov. Blagojevich about who would fill President-elect Barack Obama’s Senate seat, Obama’s newly minted chief of staff had something else on his mind: his own congressional seat.
Just ...
Jane Hamsher: I Am Become Rahm -- Destroyer of Bipartisanship
huffingtonpost.com 1/30/2009 — Seems the Republicans don't like White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel : "We won the election, we wrote the bill," said Pelosi as many times as she could to an open microphone. But what was happening away from the microphone made it even ...
Emanuel talked directly to gov: source
suntimes.com 12/18/2008 — President-elect Barack Obama's incoming chief of staff Rahm Emanuel had a deeper involvement in pressing for a U.S. Senate seat appointment than previously reported, the Sun-Times has learned. Emanuel had direct discussions about the seat with Gov. ...
Emanuel likely to stay out of battle for his House seat
suntimes.com 12/18/2008 — Rahm Emanuel's role in attempting to influence Gov. Blagojevich's choice of a U.S. Senate replacement for President-elect Barack Obama could impact the heated race to fill another important vacancy: Emanuel's own seat in Congress.
Why Hasn't Rahm Emanuel Resigned From His Congressional Seat?
jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com 12/18/2008 — Since Barack Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is smack dab in the middle of the Rod Blagojevich scandal, it got me wondering why he hasn't resigned from his Congressional seat yet? Before we get to that, however, we have news this morning that ...
Rahm Emanuel's Strategy For Progressives
openleft.com 12/18/2008 — There is a widespread theory that Obama is using symbolic gestures, such as having Rick Warren as a featured speaker at the inauguration the "symbolism" of keeping Robert Gates as Sectary of Defense, in order to provide himself political cover for ...