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Rahm Emanuel will be Chief of Staff
ecthompsonmd November 6, 2008

Barack Obama’s first choice is a good one. Rahm Emanuel has been asked and has accepted the role of Chief of Staff. This is the “point person” for the White House on policy. Emanuel knows Congress, being the fourth highest ranking member of Democratic House. Republican John Boehner was not happy. Anything that makes Rep. Boehner not happy is okay with me. From NYT: llinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel has accepted the job as President-elect Barack Obama’s chief of staff, a move ensuring that a seasoned Washington insider with deep knowledge of both Congress and the national political landscape will be at Obama’s right hand in the

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Countdown on Scott McClellan, Part 2
ecthompsonmd May 29, 2008

The first book from a Washington insider that I remember reading was a book by former Secretary of the Treasury Paul O’Neill, The Price of Loyalty or was it Richard Clarke’s Book, Against All Enemies. Anyway, it doesn’t matter. Both books painted a picture of Vice President Dick Cheney as more in charge of the White House than President George W. Bush. They also portrayed the White House as being less than truthful with the American people. The reaction from the White House was swift and severe. The White House really tried to crush Richard Clarke. The push back from the

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