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Rahm Emanuel Reaches Out To Republicans-- And THAT Is Supposed To Be News?
downwithtyranny.blogspot.com - 1/27/2009
Rahm Emanuel Reaches Out To Republicans-- And THAT Is Supposed To Be News?
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About a month or so ago an old friend, know of the antipathy and disdain with which I hold Rahm Emanuel, asked me if I would have voted for Obama even if I knew he was going to appoint Emanuel his chief of staff. Before I blurted out, "No!," I said, "Well there's nothing that would have ever ...

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Politics on HuffingtonPost.com:  Howie Klein: Republicans In Congress Get Behind Limbaugh's Call For Obstructionism & Failure

Rahm Emanuel's Illegal D.C. Basement Rental
gawker.com - 2/3/2009
Rahm Emanuel's Illegal D.C. Basement Rental
— gawker.com — He's the cheapskate of staff. Rahm Emanuel , Barack Obama's right-hand man, lives in a basement apartment on Capitol Hill rented to him by Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro . Just one problem: He's not allowed to live there. That's what private ... (more) Rahm Emanuel's Illegal D.C. Basement Rental

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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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Sticking It to Rahm
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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Howie Klein: Republicans In Congress Get Behind Limbaugh's Call For Obstructionism & Failure
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Unfortunately, more than a few Republican members of Congress are more in sync with Limbaugh than they are with the American people, not just the die-hard extremists like Jim DeMint (R-SC), David Diapers Vitter (R-LA) and Richard Burr (R-NC) but even more mainstream conservatives for whom the tug of bareknuckled partisanship-- and a preference that America actually fail rather than seeing Obama succeed-- is irresistible. Today Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, who has always had a special relationship with Republicans, is meeting with mainstream conservatives on ...

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