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swamppolitics.com - 2/2/2009

Rahm Emanuel back to Congress?

— swamppolitics.com — 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. ... (more) Rahm Emanuel back to Congress?

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thedailybeast.com - 1/30/2009

Sticking It to Rahm

— thedailybeast.com — 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 ... (more) Sticking It to Rahm

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thedailybeast.com - 1/30/2009

Sticking It to Rahm

— thedailybeast.com — Emanuel, working with his old boss and ally, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, made it easy... for the Republicans to resist. Every penny in the more than 600-page bill came from a Democratic wish list of pork that dated back to the beginning of the ... (more) Sticking It to Rahm

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Sunday's Breakfast Menu, Feb. 1
The Caucus — ... of Illinois represents the Senate Democrats, facing Jon Kyl of Arizona. Senator Dianne Feinstein of California is booked on CNN’s “State of the Union” with John Ensign, chairman of the Senate Republicans’ campaign arm. Senator Jim DeMint, Republican of South Carolina is on ABC’s “This Week” with Representative Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, as well as Eric E. Schmidt, C.E.O. of Google, and Fred Smith, C.E.O. of FedEx. (Though given some of the controversy surrounding George Stephanopoulos and his ...

The dreaded secret strategy sessions
Political Animal — ... . The piece described this as "a street-corner bull session between four old friends who suddenly find themselves standing once more at the busiest intersection of politics and media in Washington." This was hardly shocking. Indeed, it was barely news. But the story apparently caused a stir in some conservative circles -- the right complained that CNN should fire Carville and Begala, ABC should fire Stephanopoulos, and the White House should stop trying "co-opt" the media. These chats among long-time friends, some conservatives said, are evidence of "secret planning sessions" ...

Politico vs. Brent Bozell: Do They Read Their Own Articles?
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... Ben Smith at Politico is challenging MRC president Brent Bozell’s objection to ABC’s Executive Washington Editor George Stephanopoulos having a daily series of phone calls with White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, as well as James Carville and Paul Begala, as reported by Politico: ...