Hiring Emanuel shows Obama's hand

Chicago Sun Times by Carol Marin | Nov. 9, 2008 (Opinion)

If you hire a shark, does that make you a shark? If you send in an enforcer, are you, de facto, an enforcer, too?
President-elect Barack Obama, practitioner of consensus and preacher of civility, made a singular statement by choosing Rep. Rahm Emanuel as his chief of staff, the first hire of the new administration.

"Brilliant, hardworking, in some ways he may be a good yin to Obama's yang. But I was very surprised because he has a very ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Media
Topics: U.S. Congress, U.S. White House, Democrats, Republicans, Obama Administration, Culture Wars, Congressional Leadership
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Posted by: Posted by Fabrice Florin - Nov 9, 2008 - 1:53 PM PST
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 by Fabrice Florin - Nov. 9, 2008

Interesting opinion about the pros and cons of Rep. Rahm Emanuel's appointment as chief of staff of the Obama Administration. The author presents some reasonable factual evidence from multiple sources to support her view that by hiring an enforcer, Obama is himself becoming an enforcer.

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