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Planning to Turn Rahm Emanuel’s Seat Red
Planning to Turn Rahm Emanuel’s Seat Red
-By Warner Todd Huston On Saturday afternoon, in the midst of Chicago’s famous St. Patrick’s Day celebration with its tradition of turning of the Chicago River green, a cadre of concerned Republicans met to plan a way to capture the Congressional seat of Chicago’s 5th District, ...
The Gloves Come Off
politics.theatlantic.com — White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel just had to scratch that itch. Speaking for the President... and to the New York Times yesterday, he called the contretemps over the AIG news a "distraction" from the "main priority of getting the financial ... (more) The Gloves Come Off
A Different Emanuel for One Church
A Different Emanuel for One Church
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com — A quotation from two unlikely sources is posted on the message board of a Greenwich Village church.... (more) A Different Emanuel for One Church
Rahm Emanuel, Commander-in-Chief?
weeklystandard.com — THE WEEKLY STANDARD reported last week that Democratic congressional candidate Scott Murphy claimed to have met with... White House political operatives “in the situation room.” The White House has been non-responsive to inquiries as to whether the ... (more) Rahm Emanuel, Commander-in-Chief?
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Illinois Republicans Can’t Stop Eating Their Own
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... Over the past weekend I was a visitor at a planning session for the Republican candidate aiming to take Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s 5th Congressional District seat. I wrote about my impression of the meeting and headlined it Planning to Turn Rahm Emanuel’s Seat Red. ...

Illinois Republicans Can’t Stop Eating Their Own
Stop The ACLU — ... is just another example of Illinois Republicans eating their own. And in an unfortunate turn of events, it involves me. Over the past weekend I was a visitor at a planning session for the Republican candidate aiming to take Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s 5th Congressional District seat. I wrote about my impression of the meeting and headlined it Planning to Turn Rahm Emanuel’s Seat Red . But, Illinois Review got its tinfoil hat screwed down a little to tight and revealed a bit of arrogance that pervades so much of the Illinois Republican Party. This time imagining that ...

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