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5. Rahm Emmanuel was responsible for Howard not getting the HHS post

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 05:40 AM

Nov 2018

Rahm was furious that Howard pushed through his 50 State Strategy over Rahm's "safe districts only" strategy in 2006. He was even more pissed when Howard turned out to be right. As chance would have it, I was in Washington at the annual Emily's List gathering in 2006 on the day of the famous shouting match between Rahm and Howard. I saw Rahm later on when he came to speak at Emily's List, and his face was still bright beet red from the meeting with Howard. When Obama named Rahm Chief of Staff, I knew the chances of Howard getting a cabinet post had just sunk to zero. Rahm Emmanuel's petty grudge cost the nation probably the most qualified HHS Secretary we would ever have had.

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