politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 12/18/2008
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WASHINGTON (CNN) — Vice President Dick Cheney had some blunt — and humorous — advice for incoming White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel at a private breakfast earlier this month, CNN has learned.
"The best thing you can do is keep your VP under control," Cheney told Emanuel, according to three sources familiar with [...]
suntimes.com - 12/18/2008
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suntimes.com —
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. ...
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Emanuel talked directly to gov: source
suntimes.com - 12/17/2008
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suntimes.com —
From Blagobusted.com: President-elect Barack Obama's incoming chief of
staff, Rahm Emanuel, was pushing for Obama's successor just...
days after the Nov. 4 election, sources told the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Emanuel sought Senate seat for Jarrett: sources
abcnews.go.com - 12/16/2008
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In an exclusive interview with ABC News, a
reflective Vice President Dick Cheney praised President-elect Barack Obama's...
national security team and admitted he's changed during his time in office. In his first exit interview and first television ...
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Exclusive: Cheney Says He's Changed
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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
"The best thing you can do is keep your VP under control." -- Vice President Dick Cheney, quoted by CNN, giving advice to White House chief of staff-designate Rahm Emanuel.
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... because the alderman might be amenable to giving up the seat at some point. If Rahm wanted to be Speaker, he should've stayed in the House. Crap like this is what makes Chicago politics so sleazy. Later on, he can primary whoever holds this seat, but to find someone to keep the seat warm for him while he hung out in the White House a few years is bullshit. That district isn't his personal fiefdom, no matter how much he might thing it is. High comedy from Dick Cheney. Ha ha! There's already been ...
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