Rahm Emanuel Reportedly Considering Run For Chicago Mayor

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Source: Huffington Post

Buried in Sally Quinn's Washington Post piece calling for accountability at the White House over the revelation that a third person managed to crash the White House state dinner for the Indian Prime Minister is speculation that White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is considering a run for mayor of Chicago.

Quinn, who believes White House social secretary Desiree Rogers should resign over the party-crashing incident, wonders if it's Emanuel's political calculations that may be shielding her:

Emanuel, the most political animal in this town, also should understand that keeping Rogers on as social secretary reflects upon the president's judgment. It's possible that he has other considerations. Emanuel is said to have told people that the chief-of-staff role is an 18-month job and that he is considering a run for mayor of Chicago. And Rogers is a major social and political player in the Windy City.

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Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/05/rahm-emanuel-reportedly-c_n_411852.html

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1. Please, if there IS a god ...let it be.
2. My Replacement would be: Representative Alan Grayson!

[golddigger]

1. Good.

[mod mom]

2. unless you're Chicago!

[MetaTrope]

19. He'd just be Mayor Daley Part III

But getting him out of the White House would be soooooo nice.

[virgogal]

3. Well I'll be damned. Things keep getting curioser and curioser.

[clear eye]

22. That's warmed-over old news & no longer applies.

He said when he was first tapped as CoS that was his intention, but that was before his buddy Blagojevich was thoroughly disgraced.

[Romulox]

4. What a perfect landing spot for the centrist bully-boy. nt

[tblue]

5. But who will replace him as COS?

I'm scared to find out.

[clear eye]

23. Don't worry, it ain't happening.

Tell me, what replacement do you fear? Just curious.

[villager]

6. Run, Rahmn, Run! Indeed, leave to start your exploratory committee... tomorrow!

n/t

[WI_DEM]

7. Raum will not challenge Mayor Daley (is Daley not going to run again?)

I think it's typical Sally Quinn gossip.

[elleng]

9. Switch jobs?

Shouldn't be. COS for Prez O should be someone with REAL DC/Hill knowledge, imo.

[dogfacedboy]

20. Daley could be coming to the end of his reign, but the successor

will certainly be a Machine operative.

[babylonsister]

8. Because Sally Quinn says so?

I doubt it very much.

[Doremus]

10. That would be like a CEO stepping down to take a middle management job.

Not saying it's impossible, just highly unlikely.

Unless Rahm has had a sudden epiphany of some sort. Is his health okay? His family's? Did he get a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Future?

Otherwise I just don't see a guy who seemingly thrives on competition and ambitiousness suddenly slam into reverse.

[classysassy]

11. Run Rahm Run

get him out of the white house.He is just a plant by the money guys to make sure the cash cows have plenty of hay aka money.

[lamp_shade]

12. Sally Quinn? WH Social Secretary Wannabee. Make me laugh.

[UrbScotty]

13. I hope so!!

The President's Chief of Staff traditionally controls what information goes to the President.

While a lot of people say this or that about Obama, I place some of the blame at the feet of Rahm.

Of course, it was Obama himself who picked Rahm as Chief of Staff, but still...

[LaydeeBug]

14. This sounds like horse hockey. Sally Quinn is just tryna replace Rogers. This is jealousy. nt

[Blasphemer]

15. This would not upset me... nt

[mopinko]

16. i'll believe it when i see it.

hard to imagine.

[Stinky The Clown]

17. GFR

[704wipes]

18. He knows where the biggest kickbacks are

And he is ready to go get them after he banks all the ones he gets from HCR.

[clear eye]

21. Things have changed.

This is what he claimed his intentions were when he was first tapped as CoS. With his buddy Blagojevich not only out, but disgraced, following that plan seems highly unlikely. (http://nalert.blogspot.com/2010/01/will-rahm-emanuel-run-for-mayor-of.html)