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http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/rahm-obama-clinton-troubles-216401
Rahm's troubles ripple toward Obama, Clinton
Republicans want to make the Chicago mayor's woes a political liability for his former bosses.
By Sarah Wheaton
12/03/15 06:18 PM EST
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuels struggles are reverberating in Washington, where hes causing headaches for his most powerful of close friends and former bosses, the Obamas and the Clintons.
Republicans are eager to make Emanuel who worked in both the most recent Democratic administrations a political liability for President Barack Obama and the campaign of Hillary Clinton, both of whom have resisted calling for his resignation over the handling of a video showing a police officer shooting a retreating black teenager. And even among the presidents allies, the famously profane Emanuel is a polarizing figure after playing a key role in the tough-on-crime legislation of the mid-1990s that Obama has made his mission to undo.
A top GOP strategist predicted that Emanuel would become a massive liability for Hillary Clinton.
At some point, shes going to have to come out I think the pressures going to build on her on where she stands on her longtime family adviser, the strategist said.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel
From wiki, Rahm is more than just an associate of the Clintons, he has been a deep part of their political career:
Working early in his career in Democratic politics, Emanuel was appointed as director of the finance committee for Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign. In 1993, he joined the Clinton administration, where he served as the Assistant to the President for Political Affairs and as the Senior Advisor to the President for Policy and Strategy before resigning in 1998.
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-12-05/clinton-voices-confidence-in-rahm-emanuel-as-chicago-mayor
Clinton Voices Confidence in Rahm Emanuel as Chicago Mayor
In Iowa, the Democratic front-runner also called for a deeper look into the nation's visa waiver program following the shootings in San Bernardino.
Hillary Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, said she still has confidence in the embattled mayor of the city where she was born: Rahm Emanuel of Chicago.
"I do," Clinton told reporters Friday evening in Fort Dodge, Iowa. "He loves Chicago and I'm confident that he's going to do everything he can to get to the bottom of these issues and take whatever measures are necessary to remedy them."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/12/04/sanders-no-elected-official-should-be-shielded-in-wake-of-chicago-shooting/
Sanders: No elected official should be shielded in wake of Chicago shooting
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders added his voice Friday to those calling for a federal investigation of the Chicago Police Department including his partys front-runner, Hillary Clinton but took it a step further.
Amid calls for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to step down, Sanders also urged the resignation of any elected official who knew that a recording was improperly withheld in the high-profile case there of a black teenager fatally shot by a white police officer.
No one should be shielded by power or position, Sanders, a Vermont senator, said in a statement about the case of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald that has roiled the city.
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Well this is a sad and unfortunate turn of events. I wonder if Rahm will be forced to resign. It's too bad we live in such a corrupt world. I can't imagine this will be good for the Democratic Party if Rahm has culpability in hiding the tapes. It seems like a criminal act if you ask me. Murder, on tape, hidden for over a year.
I was in Chicago on Michigan Avenue on the Black Friday after Thanksgiving. There is a lot of rage toward Rahm. A hell of a lot. They were calling for his resignation at the protests. People marching in the streets, linking arms to deter shopping on Michigan Avenue, and giving speeches. 16 shots.
ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)Always.
And tar everyone else you associate with as well.
Trajan
(19,089 posts)The idea of a GOP strategist's words being used against a Democrat, here, in DU ... OUR little haven ...
That idea turns my stomach ...
Quoting an asshole republican to demean a Democrat just doesn't sit well ...
My two cents ...
Signed,
Fervent Bernie Supporter
Bread and Circus
(9,454 posts)Trajan
(19,089 posts)You've now become a republican mouthpiece ...
Bully for you ... We are done here ...
Enrique
(27,461 posts)they're going to take the side of Black Lives Matter in Chicago? Preposterous.
Bernie, on the other hand...
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)Nice try rethugs
riversedge
(70,242 posts)X-Posed from:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/110728989
Dec 2: Hillary Clinton calls for federal inquiry of Chicago police tactics
I missed this-from Dec 2.
I see there are several threads in gd-p claiming Sanders has taken the boldest step yet among the candidates Suggesting that Rahm Emanuel resign. I think it should be investigated--at let the chips fall where they may. I also consider it very bold of Hillary--and the right thing to do---to call for a Federal investigation into this shooting.
But too early for resignation. He may decide to do just that as the protests go on (and they are going on) IMHO
Hillary Clinton calls for federal inquiry of Chicago police tactics
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-hillary-clinton-rahm-investigation-20151202-story.html
Hillary Clinton is calling for an independent federal inquiry into the Chicago Police Department's tactics following the shooting death of African-American teenager Laquan McDonald by a white police officer, her campaign told the Tribune on Wednesday.
Clinton's stance puts her at odds with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who on Wednesday said he is against a full-blown federal probe.
Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, is "deeply troubled" by the shooting last year of McDonald and the "outstanding questions" it raises, her spokesman Brian Fallon said.
Emanuel has called for a task force to review the Police Department's practices, which is "an important step," Fallon said. "But given the gravity of this tragic situation, she supports a full review by the Department of Justice," he said of Clinton.
Emanuel, a powerful fellow Democrat, has come under harsh criticism for his administration's handling of the shooting and its ...............
His administration spent months trying to keep private a police video that shows McDonald being shot 16 times. The airing of the video last month set off a furor among protesters and community leaders, demanding answers about the shooting and the mystery surrounding it.
Emanuel opposes federal civil rights probe of Chicago police, admits 'mistakes'.................
But Clinton is siding with Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, another influential Democrat, who has called for the Justice Department to look into the police use of deadly force. Madigan wrote a letter Tuesday asking U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to launch a review because, as she put it, the "trust in the Chicago Police Department is broken."
Clinton does not believe Emanuel should step down as mayor, Fallon said...............
http://www.trbimg.com/img-56609473/turbine/ct-white-house-responds-to-laquan-mc-20151203/750/750x422
White House responds to Laquan McDonald shooting, Hillary Clinton wants federal probe of CPD. Dec 3, 2015. (WGN-TV)
Christi ParsonsChicago Tribune
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)riversedge
(70,242 posts)emphasis the need to look into any gun control--including the use by police-violence.
beltanefauve
(1,784 posts)do we have that Hillary, should she win the general, won't give Rahm a cabinet position? We don't. In fact, I shudder to think of what choices she'll make for the whole cabinet. I thought many of Obama's DLC choices were bad enough.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)None.
There are no guarantees.
riversedge
(70,242 posts)Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)He's a polarizing figure or should be if anybody actually paid attention to this stuff.
Kentonio
(4,377 posts)It's damaging to the party in general first and foremost. This will be seen as a Dem corruption scandal by most voters. Bad times.