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Jan. 18: Rahm Emanuel, political roundtable
Transcript of the Jan. 18, 2009 broadcast of NBC's 'Meet the Press,' featuring Rahm Emanuel, Tom Brokaw, David Brooks, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Tavis Smiley and Chuck Todd.
Rahm Plans Private White House Meeting with Moderate Republicans
blogs.cqpolitics.com — The president's top aide, Rahm Emanuel, has invited a group of moderate Republicans to a private White... House meeting Tuesday amid a Democratic push to add bipartisan flavor to an $825 billion economic stimulus package making its way through Congress. ... (more) Rahm Plans Private White House Meeting with Moderate ...
: Replace Rahm Emanuel
mydd.com — Re: Replace Rahm Emanuel ( none / 0 ) Would your view change if she modifies her... more conservative views? I ask because she's already swerved to the left on gay rights. I fully expect that she will run to the center on immigration issues as well and ... (more) : Replace Rahm Emanuel
An Enforcer Named Rahm Emanuel
An Enforcer Named Rahm Emanuel
time.com — Rahm Emanuel at the intersection of politics and policy—and a lot of incoming arrows.... (more) An Enforcer Named Rahm Emanuel
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Obama Administration Makes “Last 8 Years” Official Scapegoat for the Next Four Years
Flopping Aces — ... Count how many times incoming White House Chief of Staff and Illinois Governor Blagojevitch buddy Rahm Emanuel used the phrase “the last eight years” during his appearance Sunday on Meet the Press. Four times. He slipped up once by saying that the deficit problem he was complaining about started ten years ago, but quickly corrected himself as he recalled that he was part of the Clinton Administration which was in power then. ...

Will Obama Cut the Defense Budget?
Weekly Standard Blog — ... In his interview on Meet the Press over the weekend, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel made an interesting point when he addressed the problem of the deficit: ...

Rahm's Kinsley Gaffe
Weekly Standard Blog — The chief of staff on Meet the Press two weeks ago: So while he has talked about the need--and everybody I think from economists on the left to economists on the right realize that we must make critical investments at this time. And yes, they'll add to our obligation. It has got to be coupled with a serious attack about putting our fiscal house in order. And for too long that hasn't happened. Challenges that needed to be met, responsibilities that needed to be met have not. So from the era--from the area of, let's just say, in ...

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