tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/6/2008
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Fox and MSNBC are reporting that Rahm Emanuel has accepted a job as Obama's White House chief of staff.
But an Emanuel spokesperson we just checked in with says that's not the case. No decision has been made, the spokesperson says.
It seems clear, however, that Emanuel is seriously ...
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
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... Per the candidate's famous wish, Obama's team ran a remarkably drama-free campaign. So it's a bit curious to see the public drama unfolding over whether Rahm Emanuel accepts his offer to be chief of staff. A colleague reports that an indecisive Rahm was on TV this morning fretting over his family obligations, and that Joe Scarborough was already talking about "bungling" an early appointment, a la the early Bill Clinton. Normally you'd expect Obamaland to have sewed this up before word got out. It may be a reminder that you can hermetically seal a ...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rep. Rahm Emanuel, a combative Illinois Democrat, has accepted President-elect Barack Obama's offer to become White House chief of staff in the new administration, according to two sources on Capitol Hill.
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