Rahm Emanuel to run for Chicago mayor?

[marmar]

from huffpost:



Rahm Emanuel Reportedly Considering Run For Chicago Mayor
First Posted: 01- 5-10 11:45 AM | Updated: 01- 5-10 04:14 PM


Buried in Sally Quinn's Washington Post piece calling for accountability at the White House over the revelation that a third person managed to crash the White House state dinner for the Indian Prime Minister is speculation that White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is considering a run for mayor of Chicago.

Quinn, who believes White House social secretary Desiree Rogers should resign over the party-crashing incident, wonders if it's Emanuel's political calculations that may be shielding her:

Emanuel, the most political animal in this town, also should understand that keeping Rogers on as social secretary reflects upon the president's judgment. It's possible that he has other considerations. Emanuel is said to have told people that the chief-of-staff role is an 18-month job and that he is considering a run for mayor of Chicago. And Rogers is a major social and political player in the Windy City.

Rogers' friends and colleagues have defended her performance at the dinner.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/05/rahm-emanuel-reportedly-c_n_411852.html

[dkf]

1. YES!

Pretty pretty please. Thank you GOD! And I'm an agnostic.

[Mojambo]

2. What a perfect spot for so utterly corrupt and unprincipled a person. n/t

[DFW]

3. Anything that gets him away from Washington

I'll pay for his fare, as long as it's one way. Chicago, Tierra del Fuego, Nauru, Pitcairn, I don't care--the farther the better..

[tularetom]

4. An 18 month job, huh?

Well, he's had the job for 12 months already, that means he has 6 months to go before he gets the hell out out of there and turns the position over to someone who actually has some loyalty to the President.

Yes, yes, I know he serves at the pleasure of the President. Of all the decisions Obama has made since he took office, this is the one I question the most. I don't know what this asshat's game is, I only know he is no friend to progressives. Let him become mayor of Chicago, he'll probably be indicted for bribery in a couple of years and then we'll be done with him forever.

[BrklynLiberal]

7. I do not doubt his loyaty to Obama. It is his commitment to the progressive

and liberal democrats that got his man elected that I question.

[BrklynLiberal]

5. I fervently hope so.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

6. Rahm would probably be better than Daley's kid.

(Daley three is being prepped not unlike the Palin kid who suddenly joined the army.)

[tularetom]

9. And vice versa

Daley's kid, who may be as incompetent as the day is long for all I know, could not be any worse than Emanuel as Obama's chief of staff.

[Divine Discontent]

8. we can only hope....

[DebbieCDC]

10. Anything to get him the fuck out of the WH

[BlueIdaho]

11. Yes please... nt.

[Kansas Wyatt]

12. Wonder if Obama is reading all the hate mail...

And told Ralm to start looking for another job?

:shrug:

[PopSixSquish]

13. I Asked a Couple of Folks I Know Involved in Chicago Politics

and their response was "WTF?"

There are many, many others who are waiting for Daley to retire and while Daley and Rahm are "close", he's never expressed an interest in running and Daley more than likely wouldn't back him...

[Beacho]

14. Oh hell, I hope it's true!

oh please, oh please, oh please!!!!!

[ChicagoSuz219]

15. Haven't heard any rumors that Daley is leaving... n/t

[dysfunctional press]

18. he won't have a choice...the parking meter fiasco was the last straw for a LOT of voters.

he goofed on that one, big time.

[ChicagoSuz219]

29. I still think it will be up to him...

...besides, most people in Chicago use public transportation.

While it might piss you off, it doesn't impact a big part of the City.

[dysfunctional press]

31. i don't drive in the city, so it doesn't effect me...

but i still think that it was an entirely bone-headed move. as do MANY MANY voters.

[Union Yes]

16. Please don't inflict that on my beloved city!

However, anything that gets him out of the WH may be a good thing.

I'd rather prefer Rahm leave politics altogether.

He'd be a great banker. With his 'fuck the little fella' mentality.

Peace.

[tavalon]

24. I'm sorry, but we all have to take one for the team once in a while

The nasty little worm will likely do something to get indicted sooner or later and it just may be easier to see in local, albeit, Chicago, politics.

[tavalon]

25. Oh, no! Not our Turdblossom!!!

Please, please, please!!!

[stlsaxman]

17. Now that Dodd and Durbin won't run again and merging of the parties is complete...

Rahm can go be King Of Chicago.

[pearl]

19. Wrong on Durbin

Dorgan. As one who lives in Chicago, I shudder to think of Rahm being anywhere near city hall.
Daly sucks so bad and I'm itching for someone else but the thought sickens me.

[stlsaxman]

20. I stand corrected- it's all them "D's" Thankfully it ain't Durbin.

[KharmaTrain]

21. Has Anyone Told Richie D. This???

The first time I heard this rumor was via a local hate radio station...following Chicago's loss of the 2016 games...and done to tweek Daley. Now it's worked its way through the drinkie-drinkie circuit to Sally Quinn.

Don't get your hopes up too high at this point. The election isn't until a year from March...and the incumbent would like another term to serve longer than his daddy did. Rahm may have to wait until 2015.

[surrealAmerican]

22. This sounds exceedingly unlikely.

If Rahm Emanuel does "look into" the possibility, he'll decide against it.

[tavalon]

23. I would send money to the Rahm for Mayor campaign,

otherwise known as the GTFOOW (Get The Fuck Out of Washington) fund.

[alcibiades_mystery]

26. Dear Washingtonians: Chicago doesn't work that way

Love,
Chicago.

[varelse]

27. Huh? He's got a position already

and at least 3 more years left to go in it, unless his boss lets him go early. Did I miss something?

[The Backlash Cometh]

28. Well, he seems to already have the skills mastered for the job.

[notadmblnd]

30. Ah! Feeling the pressure to get Emanual out of his ear

I don't care what he's got to say to save face. We need him out of the White House.

[derby378]

32. Get him OUT of the White House

He's monkeyed things up enough as it is.

[laughingliberal]

33. Mayor of Chicago, Federal Prison. I care not where he goes as long as he gets out of the White House

This corporate friendly gang of advisers to the president really need to go.