Tag: Rahm Emanuel

Is The Honeymoon Over Already?

The media is already finding fault with the Obama choices, especially the Emanuel appointment.  After one appointment, the Obama administration is being labelled as partisan and that he, Obama, is a lair, when he said that he wanted to work with the Repubs in a bi-partisan way.  After one appointment the morning media is trying to define the whole presidency.

Looks like the partisanship is not gone, looks like the political hatred that started with the Reagan years is not dead.  Is it setting the tone for the future or just sour grapes?

Some in the media have gone so far as to say that there would have bewen an outrage if McCain had won and appointed DeLay as his chief of staff.  I will agree with them on that…..but not because of partisanship but because DeLay is a lair, a crook and left the Hill in disgrace.  Not a very good comparison, but I guess that is the best they can do, for alot of them are in jail or disgraced.

Appears the media has decided that bi-partisanship is not to their liking, they much prefer the drama of partisan  fighting.  Some want to condemn before it even starts, showing their true colors.  I am certain that if McCain had won, he would have been given a better write up his first couple of days.

I am sorry to burst the fragile bubble, but Emanuel may be the best at the job.  Why?  He knows the White House, he knows the Conress, he knows politics and he is intelligent and competent.  Qualities that him a natural for the job of chief of staff.

Washington needs change, the media seems to not want that to occur–they need the drama—ratings you know?

The New Chief Of Staff

U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel will bring a “tough-minded” and “pragmatic” approach to the White House when he becomes President-elect Barack Obama’s chief of staff, according to people who know the Chicago, Illinois, native.

Emanuel, a former top aide to President Clinton, has accepted the position in the new administration, Obama confirmed in a statement Thursday.

“I announce this appointment first because the chief of staff is central to the ability of a president and administration to accomplish an agenda,” Obama said. “And no one I know is better at getting things done than Rahm Emanuel.”

In the job, Emanuel would oversee the White House staff. The chief of staff is usually involved in all the major decisions that the president makes and is responsible for making sure the administration carries out the president’s wishes.

Not everyone was so thrilled with the choice.

Republican minority leader Boner, damn, sorry, that should be Boehner said of Obama’s choice, “it is ironic, this from a man that wanted to change Washington.”  Sounds like the partisanship has already started, at least from the far right of the party.  How long will he retain the leadership of the House?  If there is to be bi-partisanship I think he will be challenged.

The New White House Chief-Of-Staff?

A Democratic congressman has reportedly been approached by US presidential hopeful Barack Obama to be his chief-of-staff.

Rahm Emanuel was named by Democratic sources as a contender for the job.

The Illinois congressman is considered a highly partisan politician who served in Bill Clinton’s White House.

The BBC’s Justin Webb says the McCain campaign say this is an example of the real face of an Obama administration – governed from the left.

Mr Obama refused to be drawn on reports he had approached Mr Emanuel about becoming his chief-of-staff.