Rahm Emanuel

Sarah Palin Demands Rahm Emanuel Be Fired Over “Retarded” Flap

Former Alaska Governor and current conservative superstar Sarah Palin voiced her outrage over comments by White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel through her Facebook page and has called on President Obama to “eliminate” Emanuel from his “inner circle.”
Palin’s call for Emanuel’s firing stems from a remark reported last week by the Wall Street Journal. […]

One Down For Health Care Reform, Senate Hurdles Loom

Health care reform took another historic step towards legislative reality on Saturday night as the House approved by a 220-215 vote their $1.1 trillion version of reform and sent the legislation on to the Senate. While Democrats and the White House rightfully celebrated the landmark achievement, another shift to the Senate brings uncertainty and potential […]

Obama Resets The Health Care Table

Rahmbo may have a reputation as the toughest political insider in Washington, but he just got hit awith a major policy smackdown by his boss, President Obama, on Tuesday.
White House Chief of Staff Emanuel seemed to hint in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that the Obama administration was willing to forge a new […]

White House May Compromise On Government Health Plan

Compromise is the new word concerning the president’s push for health care reform, this according to none other than White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.
It is more important that health-care legislation inject stiff competition among insurance plans than it is for Congress to create a pure government-run option, White House Chief of Staff Rahm […]

It’s a GOP Smackdown! Rush Responds to His Critics

Rush Limbaugh took care of just about everyone who dared to question his vicious opposition to President Obama’s agenda over the weekend on his radio show today, shredding both Rahm Emanuel and those in the GOP who have criticized the conservative superstar over his controversial remarks hoping for Obama “to fail” as president.
Hit by three […]

Rahmbo Takes on Limbaugh’s GOP: “The Wrong Philosophy for America”

 
Responding to Rush Limbaugh’s continued move to the top of the Republican leadership and his rapid rise in becoming a mainstream leader of conservative GOP policy - like his keynote speech to mega-conservative rally CPAC this week - White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (in “soothing tones”) launched yet another bitter salvo from the […]

The Buzz

ABC’s George Stephanopoulos reported yesterday that insider Democratic sources have confirmed that the much delayed and decidedly secretive “definitive” report from the Obama transition team on their one-on-one contacts with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will show - when formally released, of course - that incoming White House chief of staff Rahm Emaneul made only one […]

Rahm officially accepts COS; Obama and Emanuel statements

Rahm Emanuel made the news that he would be President-elect Obama’s White House chief of staff official when he released a confirmation statement later this afternoon announcing he would accept the offer and laying out his vision for the new administration and his job.

“I know what a privilege it is to serve in the White […]

Rahm Emanuel accepts Obama offer of COS

This move was all over the news yesterday, with NBC and others acting as if it was all but done. Rahmbo himself initially denied accepting, but today there is no doubt that he has made his decision and Rahm Emanuel will officially be President-elect Obama’s chief of staff in the White House.
Representative Rahm Emanuel, […]