abcnews.go.com - 11/7/2008
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abcnews.go.com —
President-elect Barack Obama's newly appointed chief of staff,
Rahm Emanuel, served on the board of directors of
the federal mortgage firm Freddie Mac at a time when scandal was brewing at the troubled agency and the board failed to spot "red flags," ...
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Emanuel Was Director Of Freddie Mac During Scandal
jpost.com - 11/6/2008
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jpost.com —
Illinois Congressman Rahm Emanuel, a key member of
the Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives, has
accepted President-elect Barack Obama's call to serve him as chief of staff, party officials said on Thursday. Obama barely had time to ...
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Emanuel to be Obama's chief of staff | America Decides ...
newsbusters.org - 11/7/2008
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newsbusters.org —
CNN anchor Campbell Brown introduced a segment on
Thursday’s Election Center program by contrasting the "[p]eople all
over the world dancing in the streets" over the election of Barack Obama to the "really, really angry" reaction ...
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CNN’s Campbell Brown: ‘Right-Wing Rage’ at Obama Victory
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POLITICS: Where His Bread Is Buttered
Baseball Crank —
... Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama's first and most important staff hire as Chief of Staff: on the wrong side of the credit crisis, but the right side for his own pocketbook. Shocking, I know. The good news about making his first pick a hyper-partisan Chicago pol with a scandalous financial past is that it does away with the whole "new politics" pretense right from the outset. ...
MIDDAY ROUNDUP
News —
... . Emanuel should thus be considered "political poison" for a president-elect who campaigned on cleaning up corporate greed and corruption, writes Hot Air's Allahpundit . The media should be admired for shifting from having "unbridled love" for Obama to serving as a check and balance on his administration, writes ...
Rahm Emanuel Under Fire: Tax Evasions and Freddie Mac Ties
PoliGazette —
... Emanuel’s ties to Freddie Mac could become especially problematic considering the fact that the company was accused of “illegally using corporate resources between 2000 and 2003 for 85 fundraisers that collected about $1.7 million for federal candidates.” If this issue is explored, and if Obama critics succeed in tying Emanuel closely to the failure of Freddie Mac and the culture of corruption, Obama’s image of an outside reformer who will clean up Washington D.C., will suffer before he even takes office. ...
Rahm Emanuel and Freddie Mac
Weekly Standard Blog —
Ed Morrissey takes a look at Rahm Emanuel's tenure as a board member of Freddie Mac.
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openleft.com 11/7/2008 — I'm not sensing a lot of agreement with my skepticism about the utility of Rahm Emanuel becoming Obama's first chief of staff . Part of it, I'm sure, is that people are in a celebratory, optimistic mood right now, and willing to give Obama the benefit ...
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openleft.com 11/7/2008 — I don't like Rahm Emanuel becoming Obama's chief of staff, but I also don't think it would have mattered if he chose someone else. If Obama wanted Rahm as Chief of Staff, but Rahm had declined or been denied the slot via outside pressure, then you can ...
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pajamasmedia.com 11/7/2008 — November 06, 2008 RICK MORAN on the Rahm Emanuel appointment. Actually, I think this makes sense for Obama. Emanuel will serve as Obama's hatchet-man and Dr. No, but the main targets will be Congressional Democrats and Democratic interest groups. ...
It's Official: Rahm
marcambinder.theatlantic.com 11/6/2008 — Below
are statements from President-elect Barack Obama and Congressman Rahm Emanuel
on Congressman Emanuel being named White House Chief of Staff
Statement
from President-elect Barack Obama " I
am pleased to announce that my good friend, ...
Emanuel
corner.nationalreview.com 11/5/2008 — Obama's apparent selection of Rahm Emanuel for White House chief of staff is an extremely disconcerting (if not wholly surprising) first indication on the "which Obama will we get" question. It suggests both that he wants to be ruthless and partisan ...
Emanuel as COS?
washingtonmonthly.com 11/5/2008 — EMANUEL AS COS?.... Rumors about Rahm Emanuel possibly joining the staff of an Obama White House have been circulating for days, and Jake Tapper reports that the offer has already been extended. ABC News has learned that President-elect Obama has...
POLITICS: Emanuel In Or Not In As Chief of Staff
baseballcrank.com 11/11/2008 — The first major personnel announcement of the new Obama Administration is out, and the word is that Congressman Rahm Emanuel has been offered the post of Obama's chief of staff . The announcement didn't exactly go off smoothly, as this NBC report ...
Rahm Flashbacks
realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com 11/7/2008 — A stroll down memory lane in honor of Barack Obama's new chief of staff.
Start with Nina Easton's big profile of Rahm following the 2006 election.
Remember, too, the tantrum the netroots threw over...
Shocking new video! Rahm Emanuel as you've never seen him
latimesblogs.latimes.com 11/23/2008 — Democratic Rep. Rahm Emanuel has a reputation to live up to or down, depending on your politics.
The White House chief of staff-designate for the newly-elected president Barack Obama is known respectfully as, well, a gut-fighter, even for the ...
The transition: Rahm, Gibbs and Ax —
First Read 11/7/2008
The Washington Post reports on Obama’s hiring of Rahm Emanuel to be his chief of staff, as well as the likely picks of Roberts Gibbs as press secretary and David Axelrod as senior adviser. “Those early staffing decisions, coupled with reports ...
Emanuel to Be Chief of Staff —
Wash Post Elections 11/7/2008
President-elect Barack Obama made the first appointment of his new administration yesterday, choosing Rep. Rahm Emanuel to serve as White House chief of staff when he takes office in January.
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