What's so Democratic/Progressive about Rahm Emanuel? Convince me that he's not a GOP plant.

[devilgrrl]

Because I think he is.

:popcorn:

[ulysses]

1. I'm not the one to make that argument. n/t

[movonne]

2. I believe he is a DLC and a repug plant...and there are many more

them skulking around in our party...and the sooner we rid of them the better...

[blues90]

3. I never liked the guy , call me insane but there was something

about the way his body language came across to me .

[devilgrrl]

4. Did you get a chance to see him on 'Real Time with Bill Maher' last fall?

What a snake oil salesman. :mad:

[blues90]

5. No , I have only seen him on CSPAN in action , sort of a

stand back and observe action he has and a forced smile . I can't quite put my finger on it .

[L. Coyote]

6. Do you argue he must be if someone cannot convince you? That fails Mr. Spock's Vulcan logic test!

:rofl:

[Nexus7]

7. Rahm Emanuel was fighting the good fight....

Rahm Emanuel is one reason Illinois is today a Blue state. He was fighting the good fight when present day Obama backers such as Daschle were busy lying down for the repubs every chance they got. He was in the Clinton army, when they showed Democrats how to win and how to get things done.

It is sad how Obama supporters not only lack a sense of even recent history, but blissfully unaware of this failing, will attack and belittle the people that this party owes the most to.

[stillcool]

8. I think the reason why people...

have a problem with Rahm Emanuel, is because he has a problem with liberals. He is very much for the 'third way' or moving the Democratic Party to the right.


Clinton Administration

He joined then Governor Bill Clinton's presidential primary campaign in 1991 and worked as part of the original "War Room" with George Stephanopoulos, James Carville, and Paul Begala. Following the campaign, Emanuel became a senior advisor to Clinton at the White House (1993-1998). In the White House, Emanuel was initially Assistant to the President for Political Affairs but was fired for overstepping his bounds. He then worked his way from the bottom of the administration, lobbying Congress for NAFTA and working to recast Clinton as a centrist<9>, until he was appointed Senior Advisor to the President for Policand Strategy. He was a leading strategist in the White House's ultimately unsuccessful push for universal healthcare in 1994 and worked on a variety of other issues including expanding the use of school uniforms<10> and putting trigger locks on guns. Emanuel's proudest work came from organizing and choreographing the meeting and handshake between Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.<11>

He left the White House to accept a well-paid position in investment banking at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in Chicago where he worked from 1999-2002, when he was elected to the U.S. House.



Professional Experience:
Managing Director, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, 1999-2002
White House Adviser, President Bill Clinton, 1993-1999
Illinois Public Action.

Political Experience:
Democratic Caucus Chair, United States House of Representatives, 2006-present
Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2002-present
Director of Finance, Bill Clinton Presidential Campaign, 1992
Senior Adviser/Chief Fund raiser, Richard M. Daley Mayoral Campaign, 1989
National Campaign Director, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, 1988
Paul Simon United States Senatorial Campaign, 1984.