Obama: Emanuel would be 'terrific' Chicago mayor

[mike r]

Source: Associated Press

President Barack Obama says his chief of staff would be a terrific Chicago mayor, but he expects Rahm Emanuel to hold off on deciding whether to enter the race until after the midterm elections.

Emanuel has long expressed interest in the post. Then longtime Mayor Richard M. Daley announced unexpectedly this week that he wouldn't seek a seventh term, setting off a wide-open race to lead the nation's third-largest city.

Obama told ABC's "Good Morning America" that Emanuel was busy at the White House right now. The economy remains anemic and jobs scarce, and Democrats are scrambling to hold onto their majorities in the House and Senate with polls favoring Republicans in the Nov. 2 election.

"My expectation is, he'd make a decision after these midterm elections," Obama said. "He knows that we've got a lot of work to do. But I think he'd be a terrific mayor."

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[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. Great, just what we need. Another fake ass wiseguy mayor. nt

[zipplewrath]

2. Don't make him wait

Let him get started now. And no time like the present for someone new to get started in the White House. I hear Dean is looking for work.

[xultar]

3. You think they would ask Dean to be WHCoS?

:rofl:

[zipplewrath]

14. A boy can dream can't he?

Besides it never hurts to ask.

[rasputin1952]

4. Sounds like he's ready to take Emanuel's resignaton...

[TroglodyteScholar]

5. I agree with President Obama!

Fuckmouth for mayor!

[Lightning Count]

6. Good luck Chicago. nt

[Demeter]

7. If you like Terror

[Canuckistanian]

8. Here's your hat, what's your hurry?

Rahm hasn't announced ANYTHING yet. He may stay on just to spite liberals.

[riderinthestorm]

9. Rahm Emmanual's running. Obama just told us. nt

[defendandprotect]

10. And some DU'ers still hope that Obama will change ...???? Or bring change . .. ????

Wow -- !!

[Kolesar]

12. Spare change?

sorry, don't follow

[rocktivity]

15. DING DING DING! Defendandprotect, you're our grand prize winner!

And some DU'ers still hope that Obama will change...???? Or bring change...????

The only thing that might change is the attitude of the progressives. But that would only work if Obama got rid of his left-dissing DLC gatekeeper BEFORE Nov 4.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[closeupready]

11. AGREE AGREE AGREE!!!!!! Run, Rahm Run!!!!!!!!!!!1

:rofl:

[Gidney N Cloyd]

13. He can run but I just can't see him winning.

It's not like Chicago is just sitting there waiting for someone outside the trenches to swoop in and take over.

[rocktivity]

16. Good point--why WOULD he make the best mayor?

Is there a more deserving, better qualified liberal Dem running?

:shrug:
rocktivity

[dogfacedboy]

17. One of the problems here in Chicago is the fact that

many, many Dem pols here are DINO's. We have quite a few right-wing yuppies here who call themselves Dems to get votes. It's a Dem town, as far as the voters go.

With all due respect to the Rahm haters, he was my Rep. when he was in Congress, and he did good things. I know him. He actually IS the pitbull so many pols pretend to be.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

18. All valid points, but what I'm saying is that here in Chicago there are LOTS of...

...of ambitious, well-connected politicians already here who'd love to sit in the big chair. They're not sitting around hoping for a messiah to descend from the skies and lead them and they're not going to step aside without a bare-knuckle primary fight if one, in the form of Rahm or anyone else, drops in.