Rahm Likely to Leave White House This Week

[brooklynite]

Source: ABC NEWS

Although no final decision has been made because of family considerations, ABC News has learned that White House officials are preparing for White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel to announce on Friday – as Congress adjourns for recess -- that he is leaving his post at the White House to explore a run for mayor of Chicago. White House officials expect that President Obama will also name an interim chief of staff, perhaps senior adviser Pete Rouse, at the announcement. Sources close to Emanuel cautioned that he has yet to pull that last trigger on the decision.

Emanuel’s likely departure is not a surprise, his mayoral aspirations well known. Longtime Chicago mayor Richard M. Daly’s announcement earlier this month that he would not seek reelection created the opportunity that Emanuel has long been looking for, the former Chicagoan never coy about his desire to head the proverbial City with Shoulders.

"One day I would like to run for mayor of the city of Chicago.... That's always been an aspiration of mine even when I was in the House of Representatives,” Emanuel said in April to Bloomberg’s Charlie Rose.

Read more: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/09/rahm-likely-to-leave-white-house-this-week.html

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While a lot of people here look down on Rahm's performance as Chief of Staff, his performance as head of DCC helped win us the House. One of best things he could do is spend the next month working to save the Democratic majority.

[SugarShack]

1. Oddios....DINO Breeder!

[Demeter]

55. Did You Mean Adios? or Odious?

Either one is appropriate....I'm just curious.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

80. !Adios odioso!

:think:

[disillusioned73]

119. LOL

[saigon68]

142. Good Bye to the DLC Corporate Boot Lick

Hey Chicago get ready to be Sodomized

[Davis_X_Machina]

2. What will DU do..

...if he goes, and nothing changes?

Then whom do we blame?

[cliffordu]

4. Well.....

Ya there;'s that........

[NoodleyAppendage]

Obama. Buck stops at the top. n/t

J

[defendandprotect]

39. Look . . . Obama picked DLC/Rahm -- and the pro-corporate team ....

it's unlikely that anything will change ---

Rahm is corporate but I doubt he was Obama's Svengali?

Did the Wall Street gang and Goldman Sacks hypnotize Obama?

[EVDebs]

126. Good points ! n/t

[harun]

78. We'd all like to see a Progressive picked to be COS but anyone who still

thinks that may happen is delusional.

[MrMickeysMom]

82. Wow...

You know this to be true? Who is the "we"?

I would hope there are more steps to a successful 2nd administration than getting rid of Summers and Emanuel. Please give people more credit than that.

[tavalon]

124. He is our last bastion of blamage

We may actually have to start taking it to where the buck is supposed to stop.

[rhett o rick]

138. Who we should have been blaming from the beginning. nm

[Newsjock]

3. Don't let the door hit ya

Where the good Lord split ya. Good riddance.

[femmocrat]

5. I agree with that last sentence.

As rotten as he is, it doesn't look good to leave before the mid-terms (especially so soon after the econ. team). It will look like the rats deserting the ship.

[kag]

48. I seriously disagree.

This could be the kick in the ass a bunch of fence sitting dems need to get there butts to the pols.

Good riddance, indeed.

[No Elephants]

92. Please see Reply ##s 89 and 91. Any Dem well-informed enough to know

the Chief of Staff is Rahm Emmanuel and also to know Rahm's track reicord is also not likely to be swayed simply bc Rahm has always wanted to be Mayor of Chicago.

[Grinchie]

57. Nah, it's entirely Apro'pos. The DLC is done.

[No Elephants]

88. We wish, but I doubt DLC is done. Maybe the organization per se is waning, but its philosophy,

principles, methods, etc. are pandemic, at least at the national level and, I fear, will be for a very long time.

[liberation]

131. Far from it...

... if you look at the make up of the current administration, the DLC is pretty much alive, kicking, and in charge of things.

Rahm is not stepping down because of pressure regarding his piss poor performance, he is simply moving on to run for mayor in Chicago.


However, what will be interesting is to see who Obama picks to replace Rahm Emmanuel, it could be a defining moment.

[NoodleyAppendage]

6. Give me a break. Rahm did everything he could to lick corporation/Repuke boots.

This asshole's departure is the best thing that I've heard out of the Obama administration in two years! I may actually vote in Nov. now that there's evidence that a major DLCer is out at the top!

J

[pam4water]

38. So true!

[saigon68]

74. lick corporation/Repuke boots.

He did more than lick their boots

[rocktivity]

7. Be still, my heart...

Talk about energizing Obama's base!

:eyes:
rocktivity

[NoodleyAppendage]

8. Damn straight! I'm psyched and energized to vote! n/t

J

[No Elephants]

91. Only if Obama's base is very ill-informed. Rahm's only the tip of the iceberg. See also Reply 92.

[Yeahyeah]

9. Oops,then it turns out to have been Obama all along...

[defendandprotect]

41. ...and we have another two years more of the pro-corporate agenda ...!!

And -- rather -- it was Howard Dean who brought in the Democratic victories!

And his 50 state plan --

Democrats had dropped so many competititions that they were simply throwing in the towel!!

[No Elephants]

94. In terms of DNC heads, Kaine is no Dean, either. Even as loyal a Dem as Jon Stewart looked

so angry and nauseous when he interviewed Kaine, I worried Jon might throw up before the interview ended.

[defendandprotect]

105. Obama has been following the GOP pattern....put fox in charge of chicken coop ....

Kaine sucks -- and he's anti-choice!

[Gman]

10. Less than 48 hours after the election in 08 progressives here slammed Obama

over Rahm. I can even tell you the well known DU'er that did it, but I won't. Now they have one less thing to whine about.

[Yeahyeah]

13. Get over it.

[rhett o rick]

139. I agree. We now live in an oligarchy, get over it. Well said. nm

[rocktivity]

14. Present company included--I was appalled that one of the first things Obama did

was get himself a DLC gatekeeper. I even asked if it was the price he had to pay to get Hillary to concede.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[Gman]

22. And I loved it. i don't think he could have made a better pick.

[Hawkowl]

43. You should raise your standards.. nt

[Bluebear]

63. Of course you loved it. nt

[defendandprotect]

108. You want the DLC-corporate wing influencing the administration?

Well -- I'm sure that with all the pro-corporate decisions that have come out of

Obama's adminitration, you're quite happy --


Here's Rahm "crowing" about the pro-corporate "support" of the administration --

and how they 'PRESERVED PRIVATIZATION of health care'!!!

Here is the quote: ”In a Thursday interview, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel argued that rather than recoiling against Obama, business leaders should be grateful for his support on at least a half-dozen counts: his advocacy of greater international trade and education reform open markets despite union skepticism; his rejection of calls from some quarters to nationalize banks during the financial meltdown; the rescue of the automobile industry; the fact that the overhaul of health care preserved the private delivery system; the fact that billions in the stimulus package benefited business with lucrative new contracts, and that financial regulation reform will take away the uncertainty that existed with a broken, pre-crash regulatory apparatus.

http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=B2F85DDF-18...

Among other "support" for the corporates -- often the criminal and corrupt corporates!

[Grinchie]

59. It probably was.. A Deal in Case Obama actually overtook Hillary, which he did.

Unfortunately, it was all superficial and solely for the benefit of grabbing power for the Corporate DLC. They ran with it breathlessly, and now they are starving for oxygen while the base pisses on them.

[No Elephants]

90. Please see Reply 89.

[No Elephants]

89. What accounted for all the Clinton people in Obama's campaign and all his other Clinton appointees?

And his choice of Kaine to head the DNC?

Obama said he's a New Democrat. Like Hillary, "I take him at his word." I don't know of a dime's worth of difference among the DLC, New Democrats, Third Way. Same stuff, different name.

[defendandprotect]

118. That's the best explanation for Obama taking DLC/Rahm into WH I've heard yet .....

and I'm sure the SPONSORS who own Obama/Biden would be happier with fewer

Dems in Congress after this election!

Obama seems to be fond of "back room" deal making -- Pharma, health care industry ....

who knows what else?

[Radical Activist]

18. There will be other things.

People who hold onto petty grudges that well always find something to moan about.

[Grinchie]

60. Yeah... No soup for you -- Even if you are starving. How do you like that outcome?

Us little people do hold on to a little power, even though you'd rather not admit it.

[tkmorris]

27. I was certainly one who declared Rahm a mistake from the beginning

Now here we are 2 years later and from my vantage point and it certainly looks as if we were correct. Rahm was exactly as Centrist and dismissive of the Left as we thought he would be. So... I'm sorry what was your point again?

[Frank Booth]

46. A big part of the reason for the criticism was that Obama kept

his DLC sympathies hidden throughout his campaign.

Like a lot of people here, if I'd known Obama was DLC I never would have supported him to the extent I did.

[sabrina 1]

64. That depends. If the choice of the economic team and DLCers

was Obama's, then he will simply be replaced an equally odious DLCer.

But, if he chooses someone like Howard Dean, that would be a sign that things might actually begin to improve.

It would help people decide if he were to make his choice before the midterms. It will be a bad sign if he waits 'til afterwards and this news will be viewed as political with not much hope of any real change.

[Le Taz Hot]

67. Nah, we'll be whining at least as loud

when he appoints another corporate whore as COS.

[kenfrequed]

85. I'm not well known

But I bitched about it. It was a thoroughly stupid move to put him in as COS. For some odd reason the white house might have thought there were DLC voters that needed to be appeased after he won. Maybe the move was sold to him as unifying the party or maybe Obama bought the Goodman "Team of Rivals" hype.

In any case Rahm worked as hard as anyone to screw up healthcare and I never saw a unified intelligable message come out of the White House that recommended that they were forwarding a progressive agenda. Obama needs to purge a bunch of these people from the White House and midterms are a really good excuse to do so.

Particularly when you weigh the number of Blue Dogs that are having a lot of difficulty this year.

[No Elephants]

102. Why on earth would you hold onto something of no consequence IRL or even at DU for 2 years?

I don't carry a grudge from one thread to another.

Wow, seriously, dude, you're not doing yourself any favors. Let it go, along with everything like it.

[defendandprotect]

107. Why wouldn't Democrats be critical of DLC-corporate wing warrior being

taken into the White House by Obama --

has it turned out well for you?

Or maybe Obama's Wall Street team -- Goldman Sachs -- Geithner -- Bernanke --

have turned out well for you?

If we wanted an administration of Republicans, we wouldn't have voted for a Democrat!!

Wake up!

[liberation]

134. Wow... who the hell does keep track of stuff like that with such detail?

Creepy cult of personality is creepy....

[Bitwit1234]

11. One thing we can thank him for is the blue dogs and

giving Kaine the job away from Howard Dean who was really making us proud with his candidates.

[No Elephants]

106. Only the 2008 Democratic Presidential nominee had the power to appoint Kaine.

[xchrom]

12. I hope the door leaves a mark on his left ass cheek on the way out. Nt

[SoapBox]

37. Ditto!

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

15. Goodbye and good riddance!!!! n/t

[Melissa G]

16. Good Riddance! n/t

[PassingFair]

17. Woot!

He was SO good at keeping those Blue Dogs and
New Dems in line with Obama's "Change" leadership!

NOT.

Buh bye!!

[inna]

19. oh-my-goodness! please go, Rahm, go!

won't be surprised in the least if we end up with even a bigger corporate a-hole in place of Rahm.

(at least Rahm is sort of sexy. :shrug: )

[Demeter]

56. I'm not that hard up

Sexy? I don't see it.

[Grinchie]

61. In a Tanned Angelo Mozilo Clone sort of way.. Barf

They are all from the same family after all

[Radical Activist]

20. He can run but he probably won't win.

He doesn't have the base of support that other candidates in the city have. When was the last time Rahm actually lived in Chicago full time?

[midnight armadillo]

21. To be replaced by Tom Daschle!

ha, just kidding...but I had you for a second there, didn't I? It wouldn't surprise me one bit.

[markmyword]

30. Rahm For Mayor?

NO WAY!

Two years is a long time to be away, and I don't think Rahm
has any idea how the folks at home are thinking. We've changed
a lot and the love between us and Obama isn't like it use to
be.
So if you think you can come back to Chicago on the coattails
that you WORKED in the White House, don't think it's going to
impress us little old folks at home.

We haven't forgotten how you've been behind all those back
door deals with the corporations. How you sold  out on health
care for the American people. You advised Obama to "look
forward and not back" in regards to prosecuting the Bush
administration. Look at all the Wall Street appointments that
this administration has made. You're the one who advised Obama
to do that and to continue the wars. Who cares what the
military advisors said, you were his Chicago friend, he would
have LISTENED to YOUR advise. I hold you responsible for
keeping the Bush agenda alive and well.

 For almost two years,Rahm has been giving the President
advice, and as far as I'm concerned, he's done a bad job.
Emmanuel has advised Obama to turn his back on his base! What
kinda of strategy is that? He thumbed his nose at transparency
for this administration, which by the way they campaigned on.
He has a nasty edge to him, which doesn't exactly make him a
lovable guy.

Sorry Rahm, if you think you're coming back and planning to
become the next mayor FORGET IT.
My advise to you, is to keep on going WEST YOUNG MAN, because
we Chicagoans aren't interested 
in your style of governing. 

[Raster]

129. Wow! Welcome to DU!

:kick:

[Jefferson23]

23. I never understood why people held this guy responsible for Obama's decisions. n/t

[PassingFair]

33. Clue phone....it's for you.

Many of us disliked Rahm BEFORE Obama was even
on the radar as a presidential candidate.

I don't hold him "responsible for Obama's decisions"....

I just know he was giving him bad advise and
thumping progressives in DC every chance he got.

[MrMickeysMom]

81. Seriously, that's the response I'd have...

Really..... what in THE WORLD must anyone think a decision process depends upon? The President counts on those who surround that world. It's not a vacuum, and having Rahm in that position was like a cancer inside a closed bubble.

First Larry Summers leaves as Director of Economic Council - GOOD RIDDANCE !

Now, Rahm Emaneul leaves as Chief of Staff - GREAT RIDDANCE !

[Jefferson23]

87. Emanuel is not a guy I was pleased to see involved at all.

Yet, Obama picked him and was well aware of his ideas/politics and his style BEFORE, that
was my point.

Save the phone clue for someone else.

[XemaSab]

24. Allahu akbar!

:D

[No Elephants]

97. Jesus! I hope you're not posting from anywhere near the former premises of the NYC Burlington Coat

Factory. We don't need jihadist posting from hallowed ground. Have a little cyber respect willya?

(j/k, if you didn't already figure that out.)

[liberation]

133. Wouldn't "mazel tov" be more appropriate for this occasion?

[pezDispenser]

25. Kick & Rec!

[grahamhgreen]

26. Yay! Rahm finally makes one good decision!

[Nostradammit]

28. Let the joyous news be spread!

One fewer DLC traitor in the White House.

Bunch more to get rid of yet, unfortunately.

Hope the good people of Chicago are too smart to elect him.

[No Elephants]

101. I hope they're too smart to NOMINATE him. I'd hate to see that little jerk cost Dems that seat.

And, if he's the Dem nominee, he probably would.

[Chisox08]

29. The good news is that he is out of the White House

The Great news is that when he comes to Chicago he will get his ass handed to him. If he makes it to the run off I will support whoever is in the running against him.

[emsimon33]

31. Don't let the door hit you in the *ss

There is a place reserved in hell for him and the president who put him in a position of power. Now if Arne would GO to hell without passing "go."

[Indianademocrat91]

32. I'm sorry but I have to say this

:wtf: You want them to go to hell for what? They have bad polices yes, everyone does, however they have done some pretty damn good things. A butt-kicking on Rahm's way out yes but Hell?? Thats reserved for the lying, soldier killing, baby bush and his war criminal gang.

[No Elephants]

100. No pun intended, but who in hell are you to decide for whom Hell is reserved?

Unless, you're God, of course. Isn't that the whole point of the parable of the wheat and the tares (among others)?

But you can't be God, or you would know that, as a founder of the DLC. as Clinton's COS, as Congressman and as Obama's COS, Rahm's has done more than enough harm to deservea lot more than just a kick on his way out of the WH.

[slay]

34. One guy who I hope the door DOES hit in the ass on the way out

fuckin DINO centrist sell out asshole scumbag Rahm good riddance - you've bout ruined Obama's presidency hope you're happy.

[No Elephants]

98. You really think a guy Obama hired and never fired is to blame for Obama's Presidency?

[slay]

111. Ok, fine, you want to talk who's responsible for Obama's escalation in Afghanistan

- the decisions to ignore all the crimes committed under Bush/Cheney, the crappy health care bill, keeping 50,000 troops in Iraq while claiming the war is over, not ensuring equal rights for gays, etc - ultimately Obama is to blame for all that. All of it. He even said it himself - the buck stops with him. So does that make you feel better knowing Obama is making bad decisions himself?

Rahm still sucks though. :P

[alp227]

35. Yikes. Will Obama survive in 2012 with all this staff turnover?

Oh yeah, I certainly know one of his cabinet members who needs to get out.

ARNE DUNCAN

[Broderick]

121. This is normal

Folks come and go in administrations.

[ibegurpard]

36. I don't think this is going to change anything

Rahm's appointment and subsequent tenure was an indication of Obama's worldview.
I don't see how it could be interpreted any other way.

[Hardrada]

42. This was all predestined, in fact, from the beginning of the universe.

Even so Rahm's charm will be sincerely missed.

[No Elephants]

103. Obama's declaration that he is a New Democrat was a pretty solid indicator,too.

[defendandprotect]

40. You must have missed DLC/Rahm "crowing" about how much Obama helped business...????

Rahm "crowing" .....

Here is the quote: ”In a Thursday interview, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel argued that rather than recoiling against Obama, business leaders should be grateful for his support on at least a half-dozen counts: his advocacy of greater international trade and education reform open markets despite union skepticism; his rejection of calls from some quarters to nationalize banks during the financial meltdown; the rescue of the automobile industry; the fact that the overhaul of health care preserved the private delivery system; the fact that billions in the stimulus package benefited business with lucrative new contracts, and that financial regulation reform will take away the uncertainty that existed with a broken, pre-crash regulatory apparatus.

http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=B2F85DDF-18...

Another poster posted this at DU last month -- 8/12/10


:blush:

[Frank Booth]

47. This shows that Rahm's not only anti-progressive, but that he's also stupid.

Like most bullies, Rahm acts like a jerk to hide his inadequacies.

[No Elephants]

104. He's not acting.

Perhaps his many inadequacies and apparent soul-lessness caused him to become a jerk, but, however he got that way, he IS a jerk. He no more needs to act like a jerk than an elephant needs to act like an elephant.

[truedelphi]

49. Thanks for that citation -

Plan on keeping it handy.

[Grinchie]

62. Wow. Thta post is awesome in its capability to eviscerate the Democrats and their stupidity

I say this because I recently say the results of one of these "Lucrative Contracts" at 5,000 feet on the Big Island of Hawaii. It's a superhighway 20 miles from anywhere, built at the most inopportune time, while the infrastructure at the ports is suffering from a nightmarish, 2 lane road.

Thanks Inouye. Thanks Rahm. Thanks Abramoff. Thanks Obama.

Nothing more than bullet list items and Talking Points..

[avaistheone1]

44. Happy to Rahm go

Bye,bye :hi:

[Vidar]

45. I can only hope there's a large truck to hit him on the way out.

[dogfacedboy]

53. Really? You really want him to be hit by a truck?

[Vidar]

54. No, that wouldn't be nearly painful enough.

[martymar64]

69. I personally prefer him to get a really nasty rash in his crotch area

I'm glad he's leaving.

[LaPera]

50. It was the great Howard Dean & his "50 state strategy" NOT fucking DLC Emanuel

"Howard Dean's 50-state strategy has been acknowledged by political commentators as an important factor in allowing Barack Obama to compete against John McCain in traditionally red states, during the 2008 presidential contest. In 2008, Obama won several states that had previously been considered Republican strongholds, most notably Indiana, North Carolina, and Virginia.

After Dean became Chairman of the DNC, he pledged to bring reform to the Party. Rather than focusing just on swing states, Dean proposed what has come to be known as the 50-State Strategy. The goal, the DNC says, is for the Democratic Party to be committed to winning elections at every level in every region of the country, with Democrats organized in every single voting precinct in the country. State party chairs have lauded Dean for raising money directly for the individual state parties.

Dean's strategy uses a post-Watergate model taken from the Republicans of the mid-seventies. Working at the local, state and national level, the GOP built the party from the ground up. Dean's plan is to seed the local level with young and committed candidates, building them into state candidates in future races. Dean has traveled extensively throughout the country with the plan, including places like Utah, Mississippi, and Texas, states in which Republicans have dominated the political landscape. Many establishment Democrats were at least initially dubious about the strategy's worth—political consultant and former Bill Clinton advisor, Paul Begala, suggested that Dean's plan was "just hiring a bunch of staff people to wander around Utah and Mississippi and pick their nose."
Wikipedia-

[robertpaulsen]

120. Recommending for what you said.

Thanks!

:thumbsup:

[dogfacedboy]

51. Sorry folks, but this whole thread sounds like

a bunch of teamonkeys whining about Lindsey Graham. Who are you going to blame next?

[slay]

58. I blame dogfacedboy!

hey you asked.. :P :evilgrin: :rofl:

Rahm did/does suck though and is probably a bad influence on Obama - Michelle should forbid them to hang out. :) :P

[Lorien]

52. Good riddance to bad rubbish. nt

[FlyByNight]

65. Bye!

Things are lookin' up!

:woohoo:

[denem]

66. Fuck you and the whores you rode in on.

The quintessential, hard balls insider
was/is a zero.

Meet you in hell, with half a finger.

[on point]

68. YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Especially if this means that Obama has finally figured out that the DLC is destroying his presidency and costing him support among the people. We voted for change, not more of the same.

Next, Obama has a clear opportunity, without the whine of blaming it on the republicans, to appoint someone who is clearly in support of change and not more of the same.

If he appoints another DINO sore, I predict he will lose the election in 2012.

[dotymed]

70. I'm glad to see Rahm go.

It is just such a shame that our choices are the "lesser of two evils" at election time, in Most cases.
I know what it will take for the people to be heard...mainly publicly financed elections.
When will we demand that?
I don't want to whine and I do not want a "repub take-over" of congress.
I want to vote and know that my candidate will actually represent a progressive view that is actually shared by the majority.
Really, from Universal health care to corporate responsibility, the majority desperately want and deserve this.

[mod mom]

71. Now that made my day! Good riddance. Hope the good people of Chicago

find a Democratic to run as mayor. I for one will be glad to donate to any Dem who runs against this slime ball.

[Hubert Flottz]

72. K&YAY!

[Roland99]

73. Why wait? Go NOW!

[budkin]

75. You won't be missed a**hole!

[The Uncola]

76. Is there some way..

.. to prevent the little creep from ever speaking to anyone in the administration again?

[tularetom]

77. He's leaving on awfully short notice

And Obama sounded rather noncommital when asked to comment ("He'd make a good mayor").

Makes me wonder - is his departure totally voluntary? Or has Obama finally gotten fed up, torn up the pre nomination deal he made with the DLC (hire Emanuel and Hillary will drop out), realized he has nothing to lose by cutting this tumor out of his administration?

I think there's a very good chance he was asked to leave and allowed to use the mayor's race thing as cover.

[No Elephants]

109. Maybe, but he said long before Obama that he'd love to be Mayor of Chicago.

[FBaggins]

144. Has he maintained a residence there?

Is he even eligible to run?

[SHRED]

79. Now that is not "retarded"

[BEZERKO]

83. Well, one of the first things Obama did

in planning for the all important transition phase was hiring John Podesta to orgnaize the transition and the transition team. For whatever reason, Podesta hired Rahm Emanuel for the COS position, mistake number 2. Emanuel has been a disaster. Maybe it's Karma, maybe it's just incompetence, but it's time for him to go. Obama ultimately deserves the blame for the political oversights and failures. I just hope he lets Drew Westen back into the sphere of influence, or maybe George Lakoff, or someone who understands how the political brain/mind really works. It's also difficult to govern or set policy without that understanding.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

84. Bye Rahm. Pfft! n/t

[goforit]

86. What will Israel do without him.

[mzmolly]

93. I'll say it again, I like Rahm Emanuel and I hope he

enjoys being the Mayor of Chicago.

[TK421]

95. I wish you people wouldn't cheer something like this....

It's fucking retarded :D

[Jefferson23]

96. LOL, that was very good! n/t

[Blue Owl]

99. The "change" he brought

Wouldn't even cover his tolls from D.C. to Chicago.

[No Elephants]

110. Did Rahm ever promise change?

[slay]

113. No, Rahm just steals our change - and our dollars.

he's a rich asshole who will win at all costs - even when that win means nothing - he wants a technical "win" like with healthcare, not a REAL win which would have been single-payer or hell even a public option.

Anyways, not sure why you are standing up for scumbag Rahm so much in this thread. :shrug:

*on edit - changed a bunch of stuff

[Blue Owl]

116. His "team" promised change

His boss campaigned on change, but Rahm has not done a whole hell of a lot to inact that, IMO.

He's happier under the Bu$hCo "corporations first" umbrella.

[No Elephants]

112. Such mean posters! As Rahm leaves, we should be giving him a hand.

Like this.

[slay]

114. I'll give him a finger

like this ..|..

[chill_wind]

117. Or take up a collection to send him a crate of dead fish.

Seems only fair.

[closeupready]

115. Excellent!

:woohoo: :woohoo:

[fascisthunter]

122. Good... but who will be the replacement?

[Hubert Flottz]

141. Joe LIEberman or Jim DeMint ?

Maybe Ben Nelson

[tomp]

123. too late. damage done. nt

[kath]

125. As head of DCC he helped to put a lot of DINOs in office, often working AGAINST progressive

candidates. :mad:

[EndElectoral]

127. Couldn't happen fast enough!

[creon]

128. abrasive and controversial

Many will not miss him. He does seem to be quite abrasive and rude and crude. Maybe Obama wanted an attack dog; maybe Clinton wanted him. It is probably time for him to go.

I do not think that a COS should be so high profile.

[Proud_Lefty]

130. Can't say that upsets me.

In fact, it brought my mood up significantly.

[Justitia]

132. It feels like Christmas already!

Good Riddance.

[Oldtimeralso]

135. I'm Glad Rahm is Leaving...

and I'm even more glad that I moved out of Chicago!

[unkachuck]

136. "...he is leaving his post at the White House..."

....don't let the door hit you in the ass, rahm....and, thanks for memories....I sure hope you don't lose the mayors' race....

[begin_within]

137. With this are they trying to buy my vote?

[rhett o rick]

140. First of all Pres Obama choose Rahm. Why would we think he will choose someone less abrasive?

Second, Rahm isnt gone, he has only moved. He will still be a big factor in the New-Democratic Machine.

[Lost4words]

143. good riddance