Rahm Emanuel

By Amanda Terkel Recently, Sen. Ted Kaufman (D-DE) — a former top aide to Biden and co-chair of the Vice President’s transition team — said that the Bush administration basically just “threw” the report “to the transition team as they were going out the door”:

Having promised to go anywhere and do anything asked of him by the President-elect, he probably would have returned to Washington had he been asked. But maybe there was a scheduling issue: the transition team contacted the DNC on Wednesday to set up today's event, a DNC spokesperson said.

With Pres.-elect Barack Obama vacationing in Hawaii and WH Chief of Staff designee Rahm Emanuel bound for a family trip to Africa, the presidential transition team today released a five-page document specifying that Obama had "no contact or communication" with IL Gov. Rod Blagojevich o...

By The Huffington Post News Editors With the Obama transition team set to release an internal report regarding the extent of its interactions with embattled governor Rod Blagojevich, one of the key figures in the mix is heading out of the country. More on Rahm Emanuel

Chicago's Fox affiliate reports that Obama Chief of Staff and Chicago hometown heavy Rahm Emanuel was the catalyst for the Blago takedown and suggests Rahm-bo tipped off the feds. If so, this raises more questions than it answers about who on the transition team may have talked to Blago an...

By NB Staff Appearing on the November 24 "Fox & Friends," MRC Director of Communications Seton Motley reacted to left-wing bloggers critical of President-elect Obama for choosing center-left, rather than far-left staffers for his presidential transition team. [audio available here]:

By Andrew Malcolm Obama-Biden Transition Team Announces More White House Staff David Axelrod, Senior Advisor to the President David Axelrod served as President-elect Obama’s Chief Strategist during the presidential campaign, and led Obama’s 2004 Senate campaign.

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By Michael Isikoff The sources said the Obama transition team is still debating over who should serve under Holder in the key post of deputy attorney general. One top candidate, favored by Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and other former Clinton White House officials, is Elena Kagan, dean of the Harvard La...

By BY ABDON M. PALLASCH AND LYNN SWEET Staff Reporters Obama calls for swift action on economy Standing behind Obama was newly appointed chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and Obama's economic transition team. The president-elect focused his first news conference on the issue that helped clinch the presidency for him: the economy.

By Andrew Malcolm They will help to guide the work of my transition team, working with Rahm Emanuel, my chief of staff, in developing a strong QUESTION: Mr. President-elect... OBAMA: Oh, no. (LAUGHTER) OBAMA: OK, I get you. President Elect Obama Vice President Elect Biden

By David I've spoken to President Bush. I appreciate his commitment to ensuring that his economic policy team keeps us fully informed as developments unfold. And I'm also thankful for his invitation to the White House. They will help to guide the work of my transition team, working with Rahm Emanuel...