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Conyers Rips Obama, Emanuel For 'Bowing Down' To GOP On Health Care

19 Nov 2009 00:41:04 PST

Written by The Huffington Post News Team
Rep. John Conyers took a broad swipe at President Obama and his chief of staff on Thursday, accusing them of "bowing down" to "nutty right-wing"... Rep. John Conyers took a broad swipe at President Obama and his chief of staff on Thursday, accusing them of "bowing down" to "nutty right-wing" he...

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ThinkFast: November 17, 2009

17 Nov 2009 06:01:35 PST

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) “escaped another censure” yesterday after his chief of staff agreed to “meet with disgruntled Berkeley County Republicans.” The county Republicans tabled a resolution to censure Graham until January, “but the consensus was the censure would resurface if th...

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Reid Hoping Clinton Builds Momentum For Reform

10 Nov 2009 11:44:45 PST

Written by The Huffington Post News Team
The Nevada Democrat wanted former President Bill Clinton -- the best living political symbol of the pitfalls of health care reform -- to rally caucus members behind current legislation. The White House, according to multiple sources, obliged, having Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel reach o...

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Sandy Maisel: Who Will Step Into Ted Kennedy's Shoes on Health Care

31 Oct 2009 09:30:54 PDT

Written by Sandy Maisel
A fitting tribute to Senator Kennedy will be President Obama's signing of a significant health care reform package that is supported by more than just the Democrats in Congress. Schumer and Reid and Pelosi want a win for congressional Democrats, and they are willing to trample the Republ...

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Dowd: Just Let Girly Obama Be a Manly Man! [Columnists]

28 Oct 2009 10:26:29 PDT

Written by Pareene
Obama likes to play sports, watch sports and talk sports. (Even his favorite TV shows, "Mad Men" and "Entourage," are set in male-dominated worlds.) So the Obama aides who can do that, like Robert Gibbs, have a deeper personal connection with the president than someone like Rahm Emanuel, t...

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Opinion: Vikrum Aiyer: It's a Runoff, Now What? Parsing the Impacts of the Presidential Rematch in Afghanistan

23 Oct 2009 09:26:55 PDT

Written by Vikrum Aiyer
Regardless, the ability of the White House and Kerry, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to demonstrate a keen sense of diplomatic prowess with Karzai shined through this week. So, if Karzai were to hold onto his seat, the Obama Administration would be able to continue t...

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Rahm Emanuel news and blogs - November 23, 2009

23 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Rahm Emanuel news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Youth Radio -- Youth Media International: Sarah Palin "Going Childish" -- by Youth Radio -- Youth Media International from The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed
• Robert Kuttner: A Wake Up Call on Jobs -- by Robert Kuttner from The Blog
• Abortion Rights Groups Scramble In Stupak Amendment's Wake -- by The Huffington Post News Team from Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
• Anita Dunn Takes Parting Shot At Fox, Hannity And Beck -- by The Huffington Post News Team from Latest News
• Lee Stranahan: Badfellas : How Rahm And My President Killed Health Reform -- by Lee Stranahan from The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed
• Rahm, Liberal Women's Groups, Have 'Frank Exchange' on Anti-Abortion Amendment -- by ABCNews.com from Political Punch
• John Conyers Tells Obama: 'Start Knocking Heads' -- by The Huffington Post News Team from Media on HuffingtonPost.com
• Brookings Institute Responds To Rahm Emanuel Shot -- by The Huffington Post News Team from Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
• Lloyd Greif: Israel Stands Alone -- by Lloyd Greif from The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed
• Mike Lux: One More Step -- by Mike Lux from The Blog

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Only 4% Of Israelis Say Obama Is "Pro-Israel"

29 Aug 2009 17:30:12 PDT

Written by The Huffington Post News Editors
Earlier this month, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that Netanyahu called senior White House officials Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod "self-hating Jews," which Haaretz said was a sign of Netanyahu's "paranoia." More on Israel

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Obama agenda: I did it my way…

19 Aug 2009 06:11:00 PDT

Written by Domenico Montanaro
Channeling First Thoughts from yesterday, the New York Times front-pages that it looks like Democrats are going to have to go it alone on health care. “Given hardening Republican opposition to Congressional health care proposals, Democrats now say they see little chance of the minorit...

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The Two Sides of Rahm Emanuel: Sociopathic Political Hitman and Puppy Lover [Battering Rahm]

16 Aug 2009 08:51:45 PDT

Written by Foster Kamer
Today, in the New York Times awesome profile on Rahm Emanuel, some great stories. Chief among them: Rahm not getting invited to Camp David, Rahm nixing Sydney Blumenthal's role in Hilary Clinton's office, and Rahm the "pile driver." But why?

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Obama Passover Seder Guest List: Valerie Jarrett, Reggie Love And More

09 Apr 2009 05:22:49 PDT

Written by The Huffington Post News Editors
Two of the administration's highest-profile members of the Jewish faith plan to miss the dinner. Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel doesn't plan to attend and Axelrod expects to be in Chicago with his family. Obama's move won quick praise from the National Jewish Democratic Council.

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Opinion: Rahm Emanuel Is Your New Obama Hottie [Obama Hotties]

20 Jan 2009 22:59:09 PST

Written by Owen Thomas
Amazing what people fetishize these days: Gray hair, dark circles under the eyes, average-at-best height, a missing middle finger? Rahm Emanuel, Obama's chief of staff, beat conventionally gorgeous policy advisor Melody Barnes in our poll. Who's the hottest Obama staffer? polls)

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Political Wisdom: Did Obama End the Blagojevich Story?

24 Dec 2008 05:57:51 PST

Did President-elect Obama’s team really tell us anything with its report on contacts—or lack thereof—with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich? Christopher Beam of Slate writes that the report, “it turns out, says exactly what Obama said it would: That Obama’s team did have contact with the o...

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Podcast: H3: Mike Regele, Jim Geraghty

23 Dec 2008 21:00:00 PST

Written by info@townhall.com (Hugh Hewitt)
12230803 Hewitt: Hour 3 - After a replay of the Mike Regele interview, Hugh talks about the news in the release of the Obama team's report on the Rahm Emanuel - Blago scandal with National Review Campaign Spot blogger Jim Geraghty.

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Opinion: Media run with unsourced assertion by Sun-Times columnist of "rumbles" that Emanuel "is reportedly on 21 different taped conversations"

23 Dec 2008 17:36:38 PST

That afternoon, during the 1 p.m. ET hour of MSNBC Live, anchor Andrea Mitchell reported that "The Chicago Sun-Times reports that incoming White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is caught on tape discussing the Senate replacement with governor staff [sic] 21 times," then added that the c...

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Podcast: KHOW's Silverman distorted CNN commenter in attacking Obama

11 Dec 2008 17:35:24 PST

Discussing the arrest of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D), co-host Craig Silverman on his December 10 630 KHOW-AM broadcast misrepresented comments CNN senior analyst David Gergen made on the December 9 broadcast of CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees, claiming that Gergen "made the o...

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Podcast: Colorado radio hosts use Blagojevich scandal to engage in guilt-by-association against Obama

11 Dec 2008 16:40:56 PST

That's what David Axelrod said. But Barack Obama said, "I had no contact with the governor or his office, and so we were not, I was not aware of what was happening." Blagojevich trying to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat to the highest bidder. David Axelrod on November 23rd says to Fox News in Chi...

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Opinion: Obama Governors' Meeting: Emanuel Shares Details

30 Nov 2008 10:46:42 PST

Written by The Huffington Post News Team
Rahm Emanuel, President-elect Barack Obama's White House Chief of Staff, spoke with reporters on the press plane after a meeting with governors from both parties.... Rahm Emanuel, President-elect Barack Obama's White House Chief of Staff, spoke with reporters on the press plane after a m...

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Podcast: MRC's Motley on Left-wing Netroots Displeasure at Obama Transition

23 Nov 2008 21:22:10 PST

Written 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]:

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Political Wisdom: Republican Hand-Wringing Continues

13 Nov 2008 19:07:00 PST

Meantime the Washington Post’s David Broder concludes that so far Obama is handling the transition period well. “What we have seen so far suggests that Obama’s skills will carry over to his new and expanded responsibilities. His victory speech in Grant Park, his first news conference and...

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Political Wisdom: A Vote for Summers–From the Left

11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PST

And finally, in a bit of unsurprising news, Howard Dean is stepping down as DNC Chair. Washingtonpost.com’s Chris Cillizza takes a look at his tenure and writes “Dean was not as well received among members of the permanent political class in Washington, many of whom dismissed him as a light...

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Podcast: POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Friday Nov. 7th, 2008

07 Nov 2008 02:30:41 PST

Written by shannanb
CNN: Official: Obama could name more administration picks Friday President-elect Barack Obama could name other members of his administration on Friday, a day after he named Rep. Rahm Emanuel as White House chief of staff, an Obama transition official said. CNN: Emanuel pick gets mixed r...

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Opinion: ABC's Claire Shipman Bizarrely Spins Rahm Emanuel as 'Centrist'

06 Nov 2008 21:51:16 PST

Written by Scott Whitlock
In 2006, his rank was only four. In contrast, the House member's average from the liberal group Americans for Democratic Action is a very high 96. And yet, Shipman erroneously asserted, "More than anything, the 48-year-old Illinois representative is a pragmatic, centrist politician wh...

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Opinion: A Look Under the Hood at the (Potential) Obama Administration

06 Nov 2008 12:50:43 PST

Written by dandelionsalad
Obama’s key White House position will go to Rep. Rahm Emanuel of Illinois. While Emanuel knows his way around the corridors of Washington, qualifying him in the traditional sense, this alone doesn’t mean he’s the guy you want drawing up Obama’s policy papers day after day.

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Podcast: McCain to suspend campaign

24 Sep 2008 11:56:56 PDT

AP: McCain calls for debate delay. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) says he's not so sure McCain's presence is needed in DC. He says the American people could hear from the candidates in the debate. So it's not clear that Obama is going to react positively to the McCain move. MP3 of Obama response to McCain.

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Opinion: DCCC’s Omnipotent Rahm Emanuel Blocks Stephen Colbert

14 Mar 2007 23:57:47 PDT

Written by opinionist
That politically savvy news platform ‘The Hill‘, reported today [Jonathan E. Kaplan] that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s (DCCC) all-powerful Democratic Caucus Chair, Representative [IL] Rahm Emanuel, has forbidden freshly elected Democratic members of Cong...

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