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baseballcrank.com - 11/11/2008
POLITICS: Emanuel In Or Not In As Chief of Staff
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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 shows : From NBC's Andrea Mitchell A senior ...

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rahmfacts.com - 11/10/2008
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marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 11/12/2008
The Biggest Lesson Obama Learned From The Clinton Transition
— marcambinder.theatlantic.com — Democrats who survived the transition from George H.W. Bush to William Jefferson Clinton are a bit in awe these days of what Barack Obama is doing and how he is doing it. Of the Clinton transition, one very senior and longtime Clinton adviser said: ... (more) The Biggest Lesson Obama Learned From The Clinton Transition

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chicagotribune.com - 11/9/2008
Emanuel pick shows change is state of mind -
— chicagotribune.com — It took only 36 hours for President-elect Barack Obama to take the off ramp from the Change We Can Believe In Highway and slam his foot on the gas in the express lanes of the Chicago Way. Because with his first official act, Obama selected a Chicago ... (more) Emanuel pick shows change is state of mind -

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Mayor Daley's Man
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... of providing official favors to his benefactors. Last week we saw the first sign of these dynamics playing out in Obama's first staff hire, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, a Chicago pol and former "senior adviser and chief fundraiser" for Mayor Daley who made hundreds of thousands of dollars sitting on Freddie Mac's board during a time when the board was criticized by the SEC for failing to stop the company's accounting irregularities and shady campaign donations. * * Now, the second act: Obama reportedly wants Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a/k/a "Public ...

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