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An Odd Couple Takes Aim at Rahm Emanuel
ny times ^ | 12/24/09 | jackie calmes

Posted on 12/24/2009 6:24:55 AM PST by cdchik123

Ideological opposites Jane Hamsher and Grover Norquist have found common ground in a common enemy: Rahm Emanuel, the influential White House chief of staff.

In one of the strangest odd-couplings since James Carville and Mary Matalin married, Ms. Hamsher, a prominent liberal blogger, and Mr. Norquist, a longtime conservative activist, jointly wrote to the Justice Department on Wednesday demanding an investigation of Mr. Emanuel’s past dealings with Freddie Mac, the failed housing finance giant, and calling for his immediate resignation.

The action is less surprising for Mr. Norquist, a familiar provocateur in a Republican Party that would like nothing better than to weaken Mr. Emanuel, widely considered the Democrats’ savviest strategist since, as a Chicago congressman, he engineered his party’s takeover of majority control in the House in 2006.

(Excerpt) Read more at thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: grovernorquist; healthcare; janehamsher; rahmemanuel

1 posted on 12/24/2009 6:24:56 AM PST by cdchik123
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To: cdchik123

End of times....dogs and cats sleeping together.


2 posted on 12/24/2009 6:26:35 AM PST by spokeshave (Albore can uninvent the internet about as well as 0bama can unjump the shark)
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To: cdchik123

The Ballerina is a disgusting, partisan hack. He should be tarred and feathered for what he has already done to our country.


3 posted on 12/24/2009 6:26:50 AM PST by originalbuckeye
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To: cdchik123

There is no chance the current Justice Dept will investigate anything, but US combat forces doing their duty and members of the Bush administration.


4 posted on 12/24/2009 6:38:16 AM PST by The Great RJ ("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
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To: AuntB

*norquist ping*


5 posted on 12/31/2009 4:03:16 PM PST by hennie pennie
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