Why was Rahm Emanuels name leaked before the election?

[Uzybone]

Obamas campaign is/was pretty disciplined and focused so I'm sure that they leaked Rahm's name on purpose. Does anyone know why, what the possible upshot of this was?

From everything I've heard and seen of him he has always been impressive.

[jannyk]

1. Perhaps it was leaked from Emanuel's side?

[Uzybone]

2. I thought that too, but I doubt it

because I cant see how it would benefit him to leak his own name when he already had the job.

Maybe they leaked it as a trial balloon to see how it would fly.

[Pirate Smile]

3. I read that to the press, one benefit of Rahm being the Chief of Staff would be leaks.

I got the feeling it came from Rahm's side. If O doesn't like the leaks, I think he'll be able to put a stop to it.

[Renew Deal]

4. They leaked VP names every week.

Remember that? They like to float trial balloons.

[slampoet]

5. I was leaked because it sounds Arabic. Plain and simple ploy against Obama.

[marylanddem]

6. May be a trial balloon - see what the reaction is - didn't blitzer

report last night that Podesta was going to be chief of staff? That flew by pretty fast.