Rahm Emanuel
American politician and the 55th and current Mayor of Chicago.
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With Rahm, you get someone who is both a great strategic thinker and a great tactician. It's great to have someone who knows the Congress inside and out. There can often be major differences between the executive branch and the congressional branch, even when you're from the same party. It will certainly help in terms of getting things done.
This is an ironic choice for a president-elect who has promised to change Washington, make politics more civil and govern from the center.
I have a lot to weigh: the basis of public service, which I've given my life to, a career choice. And most importantly, what I want to do as a parent. I know something about the White House. That, I assume, is one of the reasons that President-elect Obama would like me to serve. But I also know something about what it means to a family.
[Obama White House] rescued the economy from the worst recession.
(Mother's Day) is a tough holiday for Rahm Emanuel because he's not used to saying the word "day" after "mother".
Rahm Emanuel is son of the devil's spawn. He is an individual who would sell his mother to get a vote. He would strap his children to the front end of a steam locomotive.
[Republicans] can go fuck themselves!
You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. ... This crisis provides the opportunity for us to do things that you could not before.
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