ooh, what fun - a book about NASTY OL' RAHM!

[polichick]

Richard Wolffe's REVIVAL is out tomorrow - he was on with Keith tonight, talking about how President Obama's longtime "revivalist" friends clashed with old Clinton "survivalists" in the WH. Sounds insightful; I'll get the sample on my Kindle in the morning.

Here's a bit about it:


Other senior staffers believed that Emanuel’s excess energy was a major part of the problem,” Wolffe writes in one passage. “In place of the rigid discipline of the presidential campaign, instead of their no-drama style and the strategic focus, ideas ricocheted around the West Wing with each firing of Emanuel’s synapses. ‘It’s all tactics and no strategy,’ said one of Emanuel’s close colleagues. ‘That’s something the president feels very strongly he’s missing. How do I get from here to where I want to go? It’s all tactical and it’s all Rahm. He has no follow-through and no management. Nobody is there to check that what was decided in the seven-thirty meeting actually happens. The problem with Rahm is that, yes, he’s brilliant. But he is purely tactical, and he changes his mind based on a conversation he just had with Paul Begala. There are many times when Axe has to shout him down to drop an idea or a tactic. And his style is unbelievably bad. It's just too abusive.


Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/The-Book-on-Rahm-108159134.html#ixzz15PjT7ymb

[Clio the Leo]

1. Get the book...

.... love Rahm or hate him .... love Obama or hate him .... Wolffe is about as inside of a source as there is. (Although it will be interesting to see if he's cut off after this book.)

[polichick]

2. I'll bet Wolffe is fair - I'm just playing up the nasty Rahm part for fun. nt

[Clio the Leo]

5. No!

Say it isn't so!

[defendandprotect]

3. Oh ... are we permitted to discuss the real Rahm Emmanuel here at DU now ...????

[polichick]

7. I've always posted what I think of him...

As I understand the new rules, he's someone we can still call an asshole.

[Mimosa]

4. I am so glad Iago has been written out of the play.

Maybe the Moor will now have a chance to demonstrate his essential nobility and skills. ;)

I saw too many photos like this. They reminded me of Iago whispering into Othello's ear.

[Bluenorthwest]

6. "Put money in thy purse...

follow close the wars..."