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Rahm Emanuel Poised to Win Chicago Mayoral Election, but Fake Twitter Feed Still Has More Followers
By David Knowles - AOL NewsWill the real Rahm Emanuel please tweet up? With polls in the Chicago mayoral election set to close at 7 p.m., the world will soon learn whether or not Emanuel will need a runoff election to be named the city's next mayor. While that question remains the only real item of business regarding when Emanuel will have his Related Stories Chicago Mayor Race: Meet Rahm Emanuel's Rivals new job title, another mystery continues to surround President Barack Obama's former chief of staff. In a nutshell, the intrigue resides on Twitter, where an as-yet-anonymous user has ...
Rahm Emanuel Back in Business; Twitter Reacts
By David Knowles - AOL NewsThat sigh of relief you just heard was coming all the way from Chicago. The Illinois Supreme Court today overturned an appellate court ruling that had forced Rahm Emanuel's name from the ballot of the upcoming Chicago mayoral election. At issue in the case was whether, by moving to Washington, D.C., to serve as President Barack Obama's chief of staff, Emanuel could still claim residency status, making him eligible to run for the job. Related Stories Jay Carney: 5 Facts About the New White House Press Secretary [VIDEO] The Supreme Court found that Emanuel was ...
Rahm Emanuel Booted From Chicago Ballot: Is He the New Wyclef Jean?
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsIf misery loves company, Rahm Emanuel might want to give Wyclef Jean a call. As Surge Desk readers are well aware, Emanuel, President Barack Obama's former chief of staff, is running for mayor of Chicago. At least, he was, anyway. Today, an Illinois appellate court ruled that Emanuel doesn't meet the residency requirements to run for office. Related Stories Rahm Emanuel Not Eligible to Run for Mayor of Chicago: Twitter Sounds Off Emanuel's campaign said it will appeal the matter to the Illinois Supreme Court, adding another chapter to the ongoing residency ...
Biased: George Stephanopoulos Gives Daily Advice to Rahm
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyIt was recently revealed that ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent George Stephanopoulos takes part in daily "profane" phone conversations with Democratic strategists James Carville and Paul Begala. ... Oh yeah, and the daily calls also include Obama Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel. As Politico reports:Stephanopoulos' role is as the analyst and the skeptic. "George is really a big-systems thinker," Begala said. "As a journalist, he is half of a political scientist, and because he's not in the partisan battles anymore, he sees things differently."It is not unusual for a journalist like ...
Rahm Emmanuel on Tape 21 Times
By Dave - Politics DailyFrom Michael Sneed, Chicago Sun-Times columnist:Sneed hears rumbles President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff,Rahm Emanuel, is reportedly on 21 different taped conversations by the feds -- dealing with his boss' vacant Senate seat!And during none of those conversations did Congressman Emmanuel become aware that the governor was trying to extract some value to himself out of his appointment powers.Yeah, right.If this is true, and if Rahm did not go immediately to the feds (like after conversation #3) or was not part of the investigation, he is in deep, deep trouble. Best case scenario, ...
Obama's Cabinet Full of Insiders, Rivals, and Old Clinton Staffers
By Dave - Politics DailyRob Kall is not going to be happyBut, I fear, will Emanuel open the gates for a herd of Clinton vets to invade the White House? That would be a betrayal of the millions of voters, who in the primary, made a very clear non-Clinton choice. We need fresh blood, not Clinton people who were involved in supporting and defending NAFTA, the WTO and Clinton's effort to move the Democratic party to the right.Come on, President-elect Obama. Sure, it makes sense to start with a few experienced hands. But we hired you to make change happen, not to recycle.Rahm Emmanuel, Eric Holder, Tom Daschle, and ...
New Poster Child of the Democratic Congress
By Dave - Politics DailyRemember Mark Foley, the pervert congressman who was way too interested in congressional pages? And who the Democrats attempted to hang around the neck of the entire Republican congress in 2006? Yeah him. Well, the guy who the Democrats replaced him with was two-timing his wife and paying the mistress hush money. At the same time he was running ads like this: Faith, Family, Values... Heh! ABC News: Mahoney, who is married, also promised the woman, Patricia Allen, a $50,000 a year job for two years at the agency that handles his campaign advertising, the staffers said. A Mahoney ...
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