Rahm Emanuel: Don’t Worry About the Left

[Junkdrawer]

Turn off MSNBC. Tune out Howard Dean and Keith Olbermann. The White House has its liberal wing in hand on health care, says White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.

“There are no liberals left to get” in the Senate, Emanuel said in an interview, shrugging off some noise from the likes of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) that a few liberals might bolt over the compromises made with conservative Democrats.

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The comments may not endear the powerful White House chief of staff to liberal activists, furious that Senate Democratic leaders, at Emanuel’s urging, cut a deal with Sen. Joe Lieberman to drop a federally run insurance policy option, then eliminate a Medicare buy-in proposal.

“I don’t think the White House recognizes how much trouble they’re in,” said one former Democratic official this morning. “I think they’re miscalaculating what’s happening with progressives and the left. They feel like they’re being taken for granted.”

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http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/12/18/rahm-emanuel-dont-worry-about-the-left/

I'm guessing the dozen or so scolding Jane Hamsher for appearing on FOX are going to be all over Rahm for talking to the WSJ... :sarcasm:

[babylonsister]

1. Yawn. Old news. nt

[ProSense]

2. Taking something out of context isn't justification for teaming up with Grover Norquist.

Disgusting.

[inna]

3. Rahm needs to go, period.

[regnaD kciN]

4. Isn't this about the fifth time this story has been posted...?

:boring:

[aquart]

5. Golly, I wonder why?

Amazing how apologists need their rest.

[elocs]

7. To tell the truth I am surprised here at DU when stories are only posted 5 times.

Generally we get the same tings over and over. News today will be reposted tomorrow and the next day like it just happened. Posters will continually start new threads saying the same things over and over if they are even saying much at all.

[tblue]

8. Sometimes it's better that something is posted more than once.

People who don't visit the site often or who don't refresh the Latest page often, can miss things.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

6. Here's a quote from the article

“Every time they’ve gotten close to the deal, they’ve passed up the opportunity and chosen to walk away from a particular where they’ve lost the forest for the trees,” Emanuel said.