Rahm Emanuel: Obama's Chief Of Staff

Nov 06, 2008 - AP/Huffington Post | October 27, 2008 02:36 PM Hard-charging Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel has accepted the job of chief of staff under Barack Obama, Democratic sources told the Huffington Post. Emanuel called Speaker Nancy Pelosi early on Thursday to inform her of the decision, according to NBC, and the move is expected to be officially announced today. - 7 Comments

Rahm Emanuel's profitable stint at mortgage giant

Mar 26, 2009 - PUBLIC POST * Rahm Emanuel's profitable stint at mortgage giant Short Freddie Mac stay made him at least $320,000 By Bob Secter and Andrew Zajac | Tribune reporters 3:18 PM CDT, March 26, 2009 Before its portfolio of bad loans helped trigger the current housing crisis, mortgage giant Freddie Mac was the focus of a major accounting scandal that led to a management shake-up, huge fines and scalding condemnation of passive directors by a top federal regulator. One of those allegedly asleep-at-the-switch board members was Chicago's Rahm Emanuel—now chief of staff to President Barack Obama—who made at least $320,000 for a 14-month stint at Freddie Mac that required little effort. As gatekeeper to Obama, Emanuel now plays a critical role in addressing the nation's mortgage woes and fulfilling the administration's pledge to impose responsibility on the financial world. - 1 Comment

Huckabee Pens Poem for Pelosi

May 18, 2009 - Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) penned a poem for his website in which the potential 2012 presidential candidate calls on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to resign. In a poem entitled "Fancy Nancy," Huckabee calls the speaker "ruthless," and accuses her of "trashing" intelligence officials. - 25 Comments

Emanuel Was Director Of Freddie Mac During Scandal

Nov 07, 2008 - http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6201900&page=1 - 15 Comments

From The Hill, Go to the site, I just LOVE some of the comments.

Oct 22, 2009 - Fox News is "operating basically as talk radio," President Obama suggested in an interview airing today. After weeks of public feuding between the cable news channel and the president's top aides, Obama seemed to agree with statements by his advisers that Fox is not a real "news station." "I think what our advisers have simply said is that we are going to take media as it comes," Obama told NBC's Savannah Guthrie. - 1 Comment

Another GOP senator open to health care overhaul

Oct 14, 2009 - By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press Writer Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar, Associated Press Writer 31 mins ago   WASHINGTON – A second Republican senator signaled Wednesday she's open to voting for sweeping health care legislation this year, putting President Barack Obama closer to a historic achievement that has eluded generations of Democratic leaders.   But Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, told The Associated Press that the bill approved Tuesday by the Finance Committee needs substantial improvements to make coverage more affordable, contain costs, and protect Medicare. - 2 Comments

Apparently the right has learned well from the left.

Sep 26, 2009 - Rules for Counter-Radicals Andrew Breitbart, Internet juggernaut. By Kathryn Jean Lopez The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything. That was Democrat Joe Trippi’s 2004 manifesto. - 2 Comments

From London: Problems await Obama after Chicago loss

Oct 03, 2009 - Problems await Obama after Chicago loss By Edward Luce in Washington (Financial Yimes of London He came, he pitched and he flew back empty-handed. Even before Chicago was eliminated, critics had lampooned Barack Obama’s trip to Copenhagen as a misplaced exercise in “I don’t view this as a repudiation of the president or the first lady,” said David Axelrod, Mr Obama’s senior advisor and a fellow Chicagoan. “It didn’t work out but it was worth the effort.” On Friday Mr Obama’s critics on the right were joined by many in the media, which had already raised questions about his priorities. - 2 Comments

Max Blumenthal on Fresh Air

Sep 14, 2009 - I know this is long and a little weird because its in interview format, but I thought this was great when I heard it the other day. This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. - 4 Comments

Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel and Dr. David Blumenthal

Aug 19, 2009 - http://www.nypost.com/seven/07242009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/deadly_doctors_180941.htm?page=0 DEADLY DOCTORS OBAMA ADVISERS WANT TO RATION CARE By BETSY MCCAUGHEY THE health bills coming out of Congress would put the decisions about your care in the hands of presidential appointees. They'd decide what plans cover, how much leeway your doctor will have and what seniors get under Medicare. Yet at least two of President Obama's top health advisers should never be trusted with that power. - 13 Comments