If you've ever seen the West Wing -- the television show -- the character Josh Lyman is based on him. Rahmy was picked because he knows the Hill, and because even though he's basically a centrist, he's a nasty little partisan shit. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Tim Mahoney -- the Florida congressman who was sleeping with that woman and threatening her -- being the best recent example.
He's not stupid, but he's made some really stupid calls. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
And in this congress, getting his vote out is not only worthless, he mostly votes with the majority anyway.
Sven says "keep your enemies close," well, we're not on a Shakespearean stage here, we're in the middle of the greatest environmental/financial crisis any of us has ever seen. Obama needs someone with a real vision to be CoS, who can then tell Rahm "the Enforcer" who or what to enforce. Skennah Kowa
I've always chosen, in my puny adventures, either a bastard producer or a brutal PA. Good cop, bad cop. I'm fairly laid back - or aspire to be - but having someone else deliver the bad news keeps one's creative options more open. ;-) You can't be me, I'm taken
Israel-Palestine will be on the agenda imo because it will be the cheapest solution to a whole lot of other problems as well. You can't be me, I'm taken
Whether Emanuel can/will play a constructive role in it or not -- I have no idea. We'll find out, I suppose. If the plan is to make some progress there, then certainly having a guy like Emanuel around to provide cover would likely prove useful.
I don't know a whole helluva lot about him, other than broad stuff. He's centrist but partisan, like I said. But, again, I think the choice of him has a lot more to do with Chicago and his knowledge of the Hill than any other issues. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
