fdlaction.firedoglake.com - 11/5/2009
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You're going down... with me. (photo by floyd brown)
1993: Rahm is the architect of NAFTA
1994: Unions stay home after NAFTA. Democratic turnout poor, Democrats give up 54 seats in House .
2005: Rahm as head of DCCC recruits pro-war Dems , threatens to cut funds for any Dem who runs ...
firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 11/4/2009
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firstread.msnbc.msn.com —
From NBC's Mark MurrayOn MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports,"
White House adviser David Axelrod today argued that it...
would be wrong to read too much into last night's GOP gubernatorial wins in New Jersey and Virginia -- and what they might mean for next ...
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WH today vs. Rahm in '05
tnr.com - 11/2/2009
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tnr.com —
Earlier today, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner was up
at the House Financial Services Committee testifying on the...
administration's proposal for dealing with threats to the financial system ("Too Big To Fail," etc.). read more
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Rahm Taking Direct Interest in Reg Reform
thenewatlantis.com - 11/11/2009
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thenewatlantis.com —
Obamacare is predicated on the assumption that the
federal government has the knowledge, capacity, and will to...
drive greater efficiency in American health care. Inadvertently, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has become an articulate spokesman ...
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Rahm Emanuel vs. Obamacare
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FDL Action Health Care Update: Wednesday (11/4/09)
Blue Commonwealth - Front Page —
... 2. Jane Hamsher posits that Rahm Emanuel's "'act more like Republicans' strategy just hasn't worked out, and we're getting whiffs of the disaster it spells for Democrats who follow it." One example she cites, which I find particularly relevant (since I blog in Virginia), is "Creigh Deeds reinacts Little Bighorn in Virgina after saying he'll 'opt-out' of public option and Democrats stay home." Ha. ...
FDL Action Health Care Update: Wednesday (11/4/09)
Blue Virginia —
... 2. Jane Hamsher posits that Rahm Emanuel's "'act more like Republicans' strategy just hasn’t worked out, and we’re getting whiffs of the disaster it spells for Democrats who follow it." One example she cites, which I find particularly relevant (since I blog in Virginia), is "Creigh Deeds reinacts Little Bighorn in Virgina after saying he’ll 'opt-out' of public option and Democrats stay home." Ha. ...
It might be possible to be more hopeful about the Obama administration if the cancer on this presidency were removed
DownWithTyranny! —
... Around DWT, Master Rahm is of course traditionally close to Public Enemy No. 1. For those who are coming in late, this morning Jane Hamsherr took a useful stroll down Emanuel Memory Laneg, highlighting some of the Master's more memorably catastrophic misreadings of the American electorate and wondering, "Is Rahm Emanuel Orchestrating 2010 Democratic Massacre?," concluding: ...
Come Saturday Morning: The Curious Incident of the Republicans in the Night-Time
Firedoglake —
... Kucinich’s probe of Rahm Emanuel. These are the people that went ahead with impeaching Bill Clinton for trying to hide a few blow jobs that were none of their business, even after America told them at the November 1998 ballot boxes to lay the hell off by sending several GOP politicians packing. Yet they won’t go after Obama’s right-hand man? How– curious.
Why, you’d think that the Republicans liked seeing Rahm stay right where he is. I wonder why that might be.
John Shadegg Gives Mike Stark a Preview of the GOP 2010 Campaign
Firedoglake —
... I don’t know who thought that penalizing people 2% of their income if they refuse to buy the product of private insurance companies was a good idea. Maybe the same guy who thought NAFTA would be a winner for the Democrats in 1994. ...
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In addition to targeting key moderate and liberal Democrats, liberal activists now have White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in their sights.
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Kristol: Reckless Rahm
weeklystandard.com 10/18/2009 —
"It would be reckless to make a decision on U.S. troop level if, in fact, you haven't done a thorough analysis of whether, in fact, there's an Afghan partner ready to fill that space that the U.S. troops would create and become a true partner in ...
Rahm Emanuel: Health-care 'milestone'
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This, the White House makes clear, is not the goal line.
With the Senate Finance Committee's passage of health-care legislation today , the fifth of five House and Senate committees with jurisdiction to adopt reforms having ...
Jeffrey Feldman: Year of the Rahm: Get 'Em, Then Gut 'Em
huffingtonpost.com 12/20/2009 — As frustrated as the base of the Democratic Party may be in this late stage of the health care reform battle, few have reflected on the force behind every legislative battle this year: Rahm Emanuel.
In a blunt remark to the Wall Street Journal , ...
Progressive Groups Turn Sights On Rahm Over Health Care (VIDEO)
huffingtonpost.com 12/15/2009 — In the latest salvo in an increasingly bitter health care reform debate, progressive groups are targeting White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, accusing the president's top adviser of abandoning the principles of people in his hometown Chicago.
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Kristol: Gates Blindsided by Rahm
weeklystandard.com 10/19/2009 — Yesterday, in light of Rahm Emanuel’s comments on delaying the decision on troops for Afghanistan, I asked : “Are Sunday talk show declarations by Emanuel and political advisor David Axelrod an appropriate way to announce the considered judgment of ...
GOP boost, but local issues dominated —
First Read 11/4/2009
From NBC's Domenico MontanaroThe 2009 gubernatorial elections provided a much-needed momentum boost for Republicans after back-to-back election cycle drubbings.
But the GOP victories in New Jersey and Virginia don’t necessarily tell us all that much ...
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