I recall Rahm saying that the census could be biased and politicized, fer shur, when asked if moving authority for the census to the White House would change anything.
That was the first time the census was run out of the WH.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB123423384887066377
http://www.humanevents.com/2009/02/17/rahm-emanuels-census-power-grab-could-favor-dems-in-2010/
Thank you