Posted on 05/26/2010 12:24:09 PM PDT by maggief
Some are beginning to question just how much longer Rahm Emanuel will be occupying the office of Chief of Staff for President Obama. Which, of course, leads to a couple other questions - who gets the seat next, and what would Rahmbo do afterwards? He's already expressed an interest in taking the mayor's office, he's long desired to be Speaker of the House and the head of the Democratic National Convention, and then there are those pesky "placeholder" rumors about his initial appointment to his current position. Couple all this with the growing drumbeats about the unnamed "administration official" who might have, sorta, accidentally, illegally offered Joe Sestak a gig to drop out of the race with Arlen Specter. So what's the deal?
Historically, chiefs of staff don't last too long, with a couple years being a fairly average run. Chicago Magazine's Carol Felsenthal spoke with the deputy historian for the House of Representatives, Fred Beuttler, who believes that Emanuel will stick around through the '10 midterm elections but then skedaddle elsewhere, quite possibly to lead the DNC. Emanuel has expressed concerns that taking the White House job has "cost him his independence” and would probably be interested in being his own boss again.
In addition, the L.A. Times is saying that as immigration reform rears its head again, the administration would likely never move on it until Emanuel was out of the picture. Pair that information with what Marc Ambinder at The Atlantic is saying: "[Senator Dick] Durbin isn't really the future chief of staff. But he might be." Sure, it's tenuous at best, but the president has established that he likes working with people from his neck of the woods. Would he pull one of the most senior Democratic senators out of Congress to help push forward his agenda?
Let's play a little musical chairs. If Rahmbo leaves the Chief of Staff position, he could either end up as head of the DNC or as mayor of Chicago, should Daley decide to opt for the simple life at his summer home on the western shores of Michigan (which is looking doubtful, more on that later). Durbin then leaves his Senate seat to be CoS which allows Governor Quinn to install Alexi Giannoulias in the open seat (or David Hoffman, or Lisa Madigan) presuming that Mark Kirk reigns supreme in the actual Senate race, which is something that's looking more and more likely. We end up with a new mayor, two new senators, and the head of the DNC with strong Chicago ties. Whew.
Naturally, all of this is blue-skying, but in Chicago politics someone is always looking a few steps ahead. If anyone sees the President around town this weekend, ask him if he knows what's up, won't you?
The Chicago Way ping!
Ping.
Mayor? Maybe. Better shot than Speaker, I think.
Speaker of the House? He’s got to get elected AGAIN and then ... have a Dem majority and then ... get the others Dems to vote him in over senior Dems already there.
Durbin giving up Senate position? I wonder about that, unless he sees the writing on the wall ... his loss due to following Obama.
Which in turn poses the question, what’s to be done with Nancy if he moves into her domain?
>> He’s already expressed an interest in taking the mayor’s office, he’s long desired to be Speaker of the House
“taking” the mayor’s office...?
Is Rahm aware that you, like, must be *elected* by, like, actual *voters* to those jobs?
Bambi can’t just appoint you, Rahmbo. Comprende?
LOL. Our predictions!
Oh what fun!!!
See also:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421418/posts
Is Rahm Mulling A Run For Mayor?
The Chicagoist ^ | January 5, 2010 | Marcus Gilmer
http://www.suntimes.com/news/watchdogs/1950212,CST-NWS-watchdogs21.article
In September, the newspaper reported that Emanuel wanted Blagojevich to appoint Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool to fill his soon-to-be-vacant 5th Congressional District seat. Emanuel broached the idea with the then-governor just days after last year’s presidential election, the paper reported. The proposal was for Claypool to serve one or two terms, then to be considered for a spot in President Obama’s Cabinet, which would give Emanuel the option of returning to Congress and making a bid for speaker, sources told the Sun-Times.
Stupid article. Durbin (who is another radical leftist) recently called for Sestak to tell what happened. This cannot be good news for our vendetta-bearing President, so he would not want to reward that behavior by making Durbin his Chief of Staff.
Moreover, no sitting Senator would want to leave and become Chief of Staff.
Finally, an appointment of Giannoulias would enflame Illinois’s population, which so far has been pretty quiet.
None of this speculation makes sense or is even slightly sophisticated.
How frightfully old fashioned of you. Didn't you get the memo from Woody Allen??
>> How frightfully old fashioned of you. Didn’t you get the memo from Woody Allen??
[sheepish grin] uh, yeah, I got the memo from Woody... and I read it... but, I didn’t *understand* it. Kinda like his movies, you know?
They want to get him out of the WH before the Sh!t hits the fan.................
I think they BRIBED Sestak, and when they found out he had been DEMOTED by Mike Mullen, they reneged on the deal!!
Demoted by Mike Mullen? Who is Mike Mullen?
Sorry — what I meant was when did he demote Shestak?
He demoted him on Mullen’s FIRST DAY in his current job!! The FIRST DAY!!
Wow. I didn’t know that. I’m surprised that isn’t common knowledge (or maybe it is and I’m just out of the loop).
“Which in turn poses the question, what’s to be done with Nancy if he moves into her domain?”
In reality, Rahm has helped Obama so botch his first administration that the Dems will lose the House in 2010 and never regain the majority in Rahm’s political lifetime. So what to do with Nancy is a moot point as she soon will deposed no matter what happens to Rahm.
Sound EXACTLY the slimey template of the Chicago/IL Combine way .. -0 wants his Broadway Bank crook buddy, Giannoulias, in that seat ............ REAL bad.
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“Let’s play a little musical chairs. If Rahmbo leaves the Chief of Staff position, he could either end up as head of the DNC or as mayor of Chicago, should Daley decide to opt for the simple life at his summer home on the western shores of Michigan (which is looking doubtful, more on that later).
Durbin then leaves his Senate seat to be CoS which allows Governor Quinn to install Alexi Giannoulias in the open seat (or David Hoffman, or Lisa Madigan) presuming that Mark Kirk reigns supreme in the actual Senate race, which is something that’s looking more and more likely. We end up with a new mayor, two new senators, and the head of the DNC with strong Chicago ties. Whew.”
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