Speaker of the House Rahm Emanuel?
By Nicole Belle Wednesday Jul 16, 2008 1:40pm
Before he was mentioned as a possible Senate successor to Barack Obama, before he helped lead the Democrats back to power in the House, before he was even elected to his first term as the congressman from the North Side of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel was telling friends that he had one goal in life: to become the first Jewish speaker of the House.
But the No. 4 man in the House Democratic leadership has become a victim of his own success. As chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Emanuel helped lead the Democrats back to the majority in 2006. That victory put the speaker's gavel in the hands of Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and she's not likely to give it up any time soon.
Emanuel - who is both ambitious and impatient - may not be able to wait. In early June, conservative columnist Robert Novak wrote that Pelosi was "reported to be privately talking" about Emanuel as a possible successor for Barack Obama if Illinois' junior senator is elected president.
Emanuel and Pelosi flatly denied the rumor, but it has sparked a new round in one of Washington's favorite parlor games: What does Rahm want now?
The now part is easy to answer, Emanuel says.[..]
"I'm not interested in the (Obama's) seat," Emanuel said several weeks ago. "I enjoy my job in the House, and I am not interested in going to the Senate."
But if Obama's seat becomes available and Emanuel doesn't jump, it will serve only to raise the questions all over again: What does Rahm really want, and what is his timetable for getting there?
Emanuel won't say, and other Democrats are not eager to make pronouncements about the political outlook of their sometimes volatile colleague - at least not publicly.
But the private consensus among Democratic members, even among those who count themselves as critics, is that Emanuel is on the path to the speaker's chair. Emanuel will have to do some fence-mending to get there, especially with some black and Hispanic Democrats he has offended over the years. But that obstacle is not seen as insurmountable for someone who, as chairman of the DCCC, gets the lion's share of the credit for ending the GOP's control of the House after 12 years. Read on...
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Lord help us...
Another spineless speaker that would roll over for a corrupt and lawless executive. Yea, that's what we need.
o boy
our very own newt gingrich
is this the best the Dems have? What a disastrous party.
Don't we have enough dual citizenship representatives in Government.
Dems retook the house in '06 despite this guy's efforts.
A recurring nightmare.
Gee, what an improvement that would be...
Too bad no Dem's goal in life is to to have a spine...
Nicole I was ashamed of you until I ralized the italcized text was the Politico quote.
Emanuel helped lead the Democrats back to the majority in 2006.
What a laugh. His hand pciked candidates lost 2 out of 3 races. He actively worked against the mostly progressive Shea-Porter in NH CD1. If it wasn't for Rahm the Dems would have another 5 to 10 House seats this Congress.
"Don’t we have enough dual citizenship representatives in Government."
good god damn point^^
with very few exceptions, ALL incumbents need to be sent home.
He is a punk. Leadership is NOT his strong suit. As my dad would say, "he couldn't poor piss out of a boot if the instruction were written on the heal".
DLC types bore me. My new criteria is: no netroots endorsement, buh bye.
rahm emmanual is simply a corporate puppet. and would be an indicator of where the party wants to go in the future.
if the democratic party is dumb enough to place the person least likely to being change to the party then they deserve the failures that will follow.
"...get's the lion's share of the credit..."
Huh, silly me. I thought that it was Howard Dean who did that. Rahm wass a late comer to the 50 state strategy and publicly critisized it.
You've to love this psuedo-DLC rivisionist history.
i didnt think the dems could pick a worse speaker of the house after "impeachment off the table" pelosi.
Amen to prior posts in Rahmie babie! Pelosi is the worst Demo Speaker to date and Rahmie would make her look like Sam Rayburn in comparison.
I hope Jan Schakowsky decides to run for Obama's seat. She's the real deal. She holds the seat from what is maybe the most liberal congressional district in America (except for San Francisco, perhaps) and has no fear. At least not yet.
Amen to sending a great number of the encumbents home. We need new leadership period and Obama is a good start.
So who should we get behind? Seriosuly, who has leadership, voting record, sway in Washington, and is not owned by corporate America? Generate a list and get a movement going.
My Rep., Betty McCollum, has a voting record to make a progressive drool over, but I have not heard her be central to any struggle in the house. I would put her up above any of those other folks.
Tim Walz is awesome too, has a decent progressive record, but as the highest ranking NCO EVER in Congress or the Senate, he has the leadership. But this is only his first term, going on 2nd
So disappointed in the Dem's lately.
I will never vote democrat again if he becomes speaker. We need to get a primary challenger and throw his corporate whoring ass out. If he runs the show then they are exactly the same as Republicans. Corporate whores. No more, no less.
Your article almost implies this is a positive thing. Shame on you Nicole.
Sorry I have nothing intelligent to add but does anybody else think that guy looks just like an older version of Nathan Petrelli from Heroes?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Petrelli
That's Bullshit, we can thank GWB for our wins in 2006, his toxic policies have paved the way for us to win in 2006 and now in 2008. If GWB isn't in the tank then we would be looking at the Republicans and their permanent majority. Thanks for nothing RE! Frankly I still feel the medias obsession with covering every speck of democratic dirt and looking at every Dem policy under a microscope, while at the same time giving the Republicans a pass on everything under the sun could still cost us the 2008 election, couple that with the Dems propensity to eat their own instead of sucking it up for the good of the country and the party, and we have President J. McCain for a few years followed after his death of old age in 2010 another 8 years of whoever they pick for VP. Thanks for nothing CNN, MSNBC et al.
This election would be over if they gave Mcsame 25% of the scrutiny they give Obama, well I guess thats what happens when they bend over backwards trying to prove that they are "fair and balanced" which means give the lies as much coverage as the truth. Like Colbert once said, sometimes the fucking facts are just liberal, get over it!!! Fuck I'm hating this shit, every fucking day it's the same thing, leading questions , leading story titles teasers and innuendo, then they trot out the facts for 2 seconds at the end and say, wow , well we'll continue to have this debate. Unfucking believable.
The little weasel tried to steal credit for the 2006 fifty state strategy that gained more seats than his narrow minded plan when he led the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). Howard Dean deserves the credit not this backstabbing prick.
Pelosi would never let it happen.
Robert Wexler would be a much better choice.
Samson- @ 14:
His DLC credentials make him the logical choice of a party that is already there. The dems are just one of two capitalist parties. They don't give a shit about you.
He's more than somewhat of a polarizing figure in IL politics...I could imagine him running, but it would certainly not be an easy trip for him to the Senate...
http://liberalretort.blogspot.com/
Pelosi should be stripped of the chair for obstruction of justice. Rahm would be an even bigger enabler and should _NOT_ be considered for such an important role. Just imagine what our country would feel like if Pelosi actually upheld her oath to the Constitution and impeached this corrupt administration last year... we need to clean the House.
never liked that guy.
It's almost as if the Republicans could control the media (??) and they publish stories like this to start Rahm thinking "Yeah, I could be the Speaker..my precious..." because they know that Rahm would bend over faster and easier than Gumby (no offense to the real Gumby, but he *is* made of clay)
Whooo's Hooooouse....Rahm's Hoooooouse.....!
That guy is a putz.....
Leadership @ 12:
ROFLMAO! Your dad got anymore gems like that?
Why is every democrat to hold a position of power a DLC sellout? The money that god damn good from their corporate overlords? Oh yeah, dumb question.
That is the only explanation for these idiots confusing anything in the repuke, corporate fascist agenda, as pallatable to the American people.
I think Wexler, Biden, or my favorite, Russ Finegold would be better than Rahm.
No!
Litabell @ 34:
2 of the 3 you named are in the Senate. Wexler, Waxman or Kucinich wouls bring back the rule of law.
Litabell @ 34:
"Check me if I'm wrong, but..." Feingold and Biden are Senators. Speaker of the House originates in the House of Representatives, i.e., a Congressman
Geez...
I actually like the idea. When the Democrats roll over for the Bush administration they do so very half assed, why waste precious resources writing such strong and brave letters? I like this guys enthusiasm for being a corporate sellout. No half assed back stabbing to the general public, do it openly and proud! Make it seem very “centrist” and objective, which is codeword for not offending entrenched interests. It isn’t like it is going to matter who is in charge anyway, if they weren’t a sellout or if they didn’t lick the boots of entrenched interests they wouldn’t be considered anyway.
Thats interesting... I thought it was people such as myself that talked republicans into voting for the democrats to end the Iraq war were the ones that did this... But after their betrayal I guarantee I wont do that again. In fact is was all the lies they told to get me to help get them control of congress and then the flip flop afterwards and things like giving Bush more power more money and (taking impeachment off the table) is what drove me to finally say screw it and opened me up for the upcoming Republican debates where I saw Ron Paul and immediately started supporting him instead.
The one thing positive about Rahm is that he plays to win, something many of our democrats don't do.
He disagreed with the 50 state strategy, he wanted to focus more money on specific districts where pickups were more likely. A lot of people agreed with him on this, so it wasn't just him. And he DOES deserve a lot of credit for the pickups, Dean had less to do with getting congressmen elected than Rahm as chairman of the DCCC. The guy backed some losers, but he recruited a lot of people to run, worked like crazy, fundraised etc.
He's a bit of a centrist for my tastes, but I get the sense that he wants Dems to win more than almost anyone out there and is willing to put in the work to make it happen.
purge_not_surge @ 29:
Yuh, he plays to win, but for whom?
Hard to do worse than Nancy, but I think this would qualify.
Umm, I'll take Robert Wexler please. Rahm is just another corporate sell out Dem. Spineless and paid for.
Or better yet, Kucinich please!
He would also be the first 9.5 fingered speaker of the house. Finally real power for people who have lost parts of their fingers.
c @ 40:
Uh, "plays to win" sounds like a Rethuglican's idea, why even bother with someone who puts party before country when we could choose a TRUE LEADER who will put the US Constitution and this country first?? We do have a few... (Kucinich, Wexler, Waxman..) and sadly, only a few.
JUST SAY *NO* to 1/2-assed leaders.. PURGE THE COMPLICIT INCUMBENTS
I can just imagine the negative campaign ads against Wexler: "would YOU support a cocaine addict?"
cg @ 47:
Link?
richard @ 41:
Yes, I understand but I disagree that politics should trump justice. If there was ever a time to remove a president, this was the one. Her choice in removing impeachment as an option is, in my opinion, unlawful and goes against her oath to uphold the law.
BTW - impeachment proceedings would allow investigations so even if a derelict 1/3 did not vote for it, the additional hearings would shed some more light on the criminal activites (it isn't hard, just turn the light on and look in any direction)
Pelosi should be stripped of the chair for obstruction of justice. Rahm would be an even bigger enabler and should _NOT_ be considered for such an important role. Just imagine what our country would feel like if Pelosi actually upheld her oath to the Constitution and impeached this corrupt administration last year…
Do you understand that impeachment requires a 2/3 vote of the Senate to convict so there has NEVER BEEN A CHANCE that Bush could be removed? I know it’s an unpopular position on this forum but the Speaker’s decision not to go forward on a impeachment guaranteed to lose was a good practical and political decision.
Requiring 2/3 vote did not stop the Republicans from impeaching Clinton in the House. The fact that the dems made no effort to vote on impeachment shows their complicity in the crimes.
speaker ?? no
That Emmanuel wields the power he does illustrates the strategic futility of those who believe the democratic party can be reformed from without, one seat at a time, every two years. It can't. This isn't to say their efforts are in vain. On the contrary, they are substantive. They are fighting the good fight. But their efforts will always be outflanked by the entrenched party establishment.
Case in point: Obama's recent endorsement of that Georgia congressman, the one who has supported the GOP down the line during his terms in office. His more liberal challenger had stood a chance to knock him off, as he damn well should/could have been. But he endorsed Obama when the writing was on the wall, so Obama returned the favor. Once entrenched, power protects power.
The best case scenario will see a schism occur within the party, in which crackers like that Georgia congressman will be forced into a third party ('Dixiecrats' still has a nice ring to it), or join the GOP outright (that is, if the republicans will have them). Barring that, the Emmanuels and Hoyers will continue to effectively subvert democratic potential in stopping the American fascist movement in its tracks.
Ron @ 48:
Good luck finding the actual video - but it's a Colbert classic.
This'll provide enough context though:
This is one of the reasons the Democrats have been a failure in Congress since the 2006 election -- Emmanuel's support of new conservative Democrats who supported Bush's agenda. Anything to win, any candidate to win, just as long as there was a "D" tag after his/her name.
Nevermind :)
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/07/21/colbert-and-congressman-wexler/
i would highly prefer someone whose allegiance is first and foremost to the united states.
purge_not_surge @ 49:
Yeah and after the Republicans impeached Clinton and he was acquitted, the Democrats trumped the Republicans in the off year elections. My goal is to see a Democrat elected President, to get out of Iraq and reverse most of the bad deeds of the Bush Administration. Impeachment hearings will not lead to that, in fact it will lead to the opposite.
c @ 40:
Bull. Two thirds of his candidates LOST.
c @ 40:
Yeah, like 20 or so. Including himself. He may have been "elected" but he is still a "loser"
I shudder to think that he would be speaker. He would be a lot more ineffectual that Nancy.
Cocaine and Prostitutes are fun things to do! yea! Go Wexler!
Emanuel is the most if not of the most conservative members of the Democratic party. His lack of character and his spineless attitude toward real Democracy and people who actually want to help move the Democratic Party forward, makes him completely unsuited. With his attitude toward Israel and his friends at JDL, he could become a secret extension of the Israeli government. Not exactly Emanuel "BOND", he is too wimpy for that, but he could definitely expand even more the Israeli influence in Washington, if that is even possible.
I was trying to think of something clever or insightful to say about this proposal. But, the best I could come up with is: Rahm Emmanuel is a TOOL!"
Why don't they just nominate a wad of Silly Putty so the Republicans and lobbyists can bend and shape it into whatever they want. Hell, it'll even pick-up their newsprint.
HAHAHA @ 3:
I agree completely. Emanuel's a sleezy as they come.
More of the same.
I vote "NO"
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No one but Politico thinks Emanuel deserves "the lion’s share of the credit for ending the GOP’s control of the House..." He's a corporate DLC hack, but go ahead, Politico. You the AP, the Mooney Times, and Ruport Murdoch can define things anyway you want. Assholes.
Emanuel deserves the lion's share of the back of my hand. Waxman deserves the Speaker.
Rahm is good at claiming credit but let's be clear. The 2006 elections were won by the Progressives. The Rahms wanted to wait for 2008. McNerney over Pambo wasn't a Rahm victory.
How about Jan Schakowski to fill Obama's seat in the Senate?
She's a progressive's dream candidate -- And we need more GOOD women in the Senate.
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oi vey @ 10:
Thank you!! You know, his father was member of the Zionist Terrorist group known as Irgun. The last thing we need is more zionist influence of OUR Government....
sorry I keep forgetting it's no longer our Government it's belongs to mostly foreign interests now, just like the whole country.
Mr. Anon @ 45:
According to Wikipedia: "Emanuel lost part of his right middle finger to a meat slicer while an employee at Arby's as a teenager." No source for this little nugget, so it might be a sick joke.
Putting Rahm in there would be a giant step backward - even from Pelosi.
He has a powerful Aura that is clearly insatiable for power. He's just plain bad news - it's not even a risk - he's bad news. EVERYONE knows what Rahm is about.
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One thing that he can provide beside a spine is balls. Pelosi has neither. I am 60 yr old women. She needs to move over and pass it over to the new breed. I think he would do good.
Throw the bum - Pelosi - out! She simply CANNOT do her job.
JerryO @ 68:
I'm getting plenty sick of this bullshit anti-semitism. Every Jewish person is not a zionist. If you want to make the case that AIPAC has too much influence, go ahead. But don't just say, "that guy's Jewish, you know what that means..." Because that's bullshit.
Rahm is a backstabbing sack of shit.
The only thing of note that he has accomplished was undermining Dean's 50 State Strategy
- helping to keep the Dems from picking up at least 5-10 additional seats
- the races he backed lost two out of three campaigns (and he poured a shitton of money into those races, and denied money to progressives who lost by a percentage with no money compared to Rahm's lead balloon candidates)
Rahm is what is wrong with politics as a whole.
What a pantload.
Wasn't Rahm a big fan of Harry Ford (Tennessee Senate candidate, not the auto guy)?
Why do we owe Rahm anything? He is not a good Democrat, only in it for himself. But guess that tells the tale of them all.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!11!
Old Billy Hussein @ 73:
Seriously, for as many faults as Rahm has, do you really need to invent the dual citizenship issue?
His horrific record and personality speak volumes already without adding fiction to the mix.
I vote NO with every inch of my being. From everything I've seen of this man, he's an absolute and oily sell-out with the ethics of a sea slug.
I don't believe Pelosi or Emanual has the grapes to get the job done. How about putting up a real congressman, one who understands that the Constitution makes the President answerable to Congress? Oh gee, is there anybody who fits that bill?
Wexler, Wexler, Wexler...
Doesn't this guy work for Mossad?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/9/20/19724/5977
rob emmanuel is a younger.... therefore longer lasting
version of Joe Leiberman.
He cares about HIS CAREER AND HIS PEOPLE: ISRAEL.
i CAN'T STAND HIM.
Old Billy Hussein @ 69:
Reminds me of that old old joke:
Abe comes home one night and places ten ten dollar bills on the kitchen table.
"Oy, so much money Abe. Where did you get it?" says his wife Sadie.
Sez Abe "The boys got together and put up one hundred bucks to see me put my finger in the meat slicer."
"Oh Abe, you're disfigured. Your poor finger" wails Sadie.
"Oh I'm OK" says Abe holding up his hand with all five fingers intact. "But they fired the meat slicer"
Pari @ 79:
Your point? He'll fit in just fine with the current Democrat leadership. You know the real meaning of Congress being at 14% in the polls, lower than Bush? They don't care what you think, and they're going to do what they do. Just like Bush.
Emanuel has a horrible leadership record as a DCCC Chairman -6 straight losses. And Schumer of the DSCC will try and force him in as Illinois 'best' candidate- like he did with Lieberman ( and have no doubts Raaaaahhhhhmmm) will vote just like Lieberman does.
But I'll crack my piggybank so damn wide open -and so will the rest of the Progressive community- to begin and to fund "Any Alternative to Emanuel".
He'll definitely get all the A*I*P*A*C*ers, but fortunately all of Illinois will get to vote. The country doesn't need any more pro-war Democrats, thank you anyway.
Wow! Another story wrought with speculation of "more" Democratic in-fighting. What a pleasant distraction from the banking and loans scandal; inflated gas prices; and overextension of executive privilege. What, things quiet on the Britney Angelina Lohan dating front?
I know Rahm Emanuel and other DLC traitors like Carville *say* they deserve the credit for ending the Republicans' control of Congress, but that does not make it so. If anything, they made ending it more difficult, as they turned the Democratic Party into a complicit, "I'm a fascist, too!" operation.
JC @ 22:
Ditto, almost. I'll vote for anyone I feel like voting for, but I will NEVER contribute to causes where Rahm can get his hands on my money. He's a control freak establishmentarian with no core principles who will do or say anything to get elected or get paid.
Great job, Nancy. I'm pretty much done with you at this point.
Just what we need, another dual-citizen Israeli firster in a major seat of power.
Enough already.
Wow, we're going to have a Mossad agent two clicks away from being President....
I wonder what Rahm REALLY knows about 911.
More of the same. No, thanks.
The Democrats trumped the Republicans in the off year NOT because of the impeachment, but because the R's were terrible at running anything but smear machines and K-street gravy trains - and they even failed at this. There is no cause-and-effect with impeaching a criminal president (and vice-president) leading to a political loss for the party that brought impeachment. I think the climate is very different now. Additionally, the U.S. Constitution used to mean something - now, just a few years later, it has been shredded, and for this I weep.
In any case, you are talking about a political result and I am talking about justice. A "nation of laws", without enforcement of those laws, is what we have today.
He may end up as the first Jewish speaker of the house, but he'll be one of many in a long line of limp, wet noodle Democrats who stand for nothing but compromise.
Kucinich for speaker.
Amused @ 15:
Not only a late comer, but quite hostile to Dean. I remember when we won in 2006, Reid, Pelosi, Emanuel et al. all up on the state claiming responsibility for the victory, and Dean nowhere in sight. I hope President Obama will give credit where credit is--was-- due.
sandy @ 19:
I just sent my absentee ballot back and for the first time in my life I voted against every incumbent on the ballot and that included voting against Carl Levin for the first time. I hope you read this Carl even though I don't expect you to lose but at least I'm doing my own form of term limiting because if enough of us vote this way then maybe we can get these assholes to remember who the fuck they work for!Go Obama!!!
I would not trust this A--Hole any more than i would trust Pelosi. Rahm Emanuel is a Deal maker just like Pelosi,Hoyer and Reid.
We have seen what they have done with FISA. And Iraq. Never again will i support one of these Blue Dog Democrats. Vote them out
and Elect a real Progressive Democrat.
With Democrats like Emanuel, and my own worthless Bush Dog Dem Silvestre Reyes, Bush doesn't need Republicans to advance his freedom-hating agendas.
Great..replace one complicit, fascist enabling corporatist prostitute with another? Dennis Kucinich is the only person in the House who deserves that job. Emanuel is among the number of those who need to be put on the street.
Kucinich!
Kucinich!
Kucinich!
Kucinich!
Kucinich!
Bullsh*t !!
Howard Dean deserves the lions' share credit for his 50 state grass-roots organizing.
Emmanuel is a dangerous,NAFTA/Corporate Special Interest shill. He is part of the problem. Seriously !
nancy and harry must go!
.....Another spineless speaker that would roll over for a corrupt and lawless executive. Yea, that’s what we need......
But WAIT there are new developments! Nancy Pelosi said THIS today and it's now my favorite quote:
"You know, God bless him, bless his heart, president of the United States, a total failure, losing all credibility with the American people on the economy, on the war, on energy, you name the subject".
She then tsk-tsked Bush for "challenging Congress when we are trying to sweep up after his mess over and over and over again".
Nancy Pelosi is an Italian-American. When she was sworn in as Speaker of the House, the Italian Embassy in Washington, DC had a big party for her. And TODAY, the news of Bush's divorce came out in the Italian media! Will wonders never cease?
You GO, Nancy Pelosi.
Centrocitta @ 104:
Yes, you go Nancy........go very far away and don't come back.
Ever.
Oh Dear God, NOOOOO!!!!! Anyone but him. I realize that there have been only a handful of Democrats to show some backbone in the last few years, but can't they pick one of them? Pelosi and Reid have been near the head of the pack of the Capitulation Party and perfecting the art of wringing one's hands while handing our most unpopular President everything he wants and looking the other way on all of his law-breaking...and Rahm has been a few steps ahead of them the whole way. We are truly doomed if this is the direction this party is continuing in.
oh, hell to the no. He's part of the problem, not the solution.
I like Rahm Emmanuel but I do have a problem with any one serving in public office with dual citizenship. I truly believe that those who serve this country by going after a political office should have to give up their dual citizenship
can i just shoot myself now?
Can_You_Hear_Me_Now_? @ 9:
Don't bother the Dem party establishment with the facts. They're hard over not only to become more spineless, craven and Repub-lite DLC, but also to take the label of "reality-challenged" from the right.
There is a reason that Emanuel's Democratic colleagues refer to him as "the killer", and they do not use the phrase comically.
If this asshole ends up as Speaker you can say goodbye to the Democratic Party.
shoephone @ 111:
It's a little late for that.
BeeSting @ 112:
Point well taken, BeeSting.
At first, I was scared. But then I realized it couldn't be worse than what we have in there right now.
Rahm Emanuel is like the kid in grade school who had relatives who worked for a local newspaper, and this newspaper coincidentally writes an article starring their little kid. And the kid denies knowing anything about it.
The first Jewish Speaker of the House.
That's good news. Is this anything like being the first Jewish Used-Car Salesman?
To hell with that.
Then the House would been as wussified as the Senate has been under that idiot, Harry Reid.
NO MORE DLC!!!!!!!!
Gimme somebody with some real Liberal strength.
How about Jim McDermott? He knew Iraq was bullshit before we ever stepped in it, and had the guts to say so.
How about Sheila Jackson Lee? From Texas, graceful, smart as a whip, and tough as nails.
Hell, how about ANYBODY from the Congressional Black Caucus?
Get me some Maxine Waters up in there, and there isn't gonna be any of this mushy, mousing about anymore, I'll tell you that much!
Or how about Stephen Cohen, Robert Wexler, Tammy Baldwin, Janice Schakowsky, not to mention KUCINICH!
Impeachment damn sure would have gotten to the floor THEN!
But NO MORE OF THESE REPUBLICANS CLAIMING TO BE DEMOCRATS.
And Rahm will stab Barack in the back the same way he has the American people, the first chance that little weasel gets. Screw him. He's a young Joe Liebermush.
i just want the impotent pelosi out and someone who will prosecute/impeach/inherent contempt administration officials in her place.
she's a damn embarassment.
The way this fool has voted on issues in our congress, why the hell would we send him to the dame Senate?
See this is the dame problem with these people. They don't do their dame jobs in the one they are in and then they get promoted.
We need to be looking for someone outside of Congress to replace Obama or one of the other members who has proven they are ready for the job we want done.
It is time to stop the process of rewarding people, who have not done a good job where they are. Don't we have enough of this kind of shit?
I worked in government for 36yrs and I can tell you that this idea of promoting people for the sake of them being their for so many years and so called qualified is really getting us into a whole lot of trouble.
We should not be appointing people to these jobs unless they give us reason to do so and this guys voting record shows us that not only does he not need to go to the Senate, but should be voted out of Congress.
And this notion that he is responsible for the success of the 2004 election is also bull shit. We the people are the ones responsible for that, with the record numbers we turned out.
Wake up folks and stop letting these people blow smoke up your asses.
The Politico article stated..."As chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Emanuel helped lead the Democrats back to the majority in 2006."
Did Rahm really help when the candidates he helped fund did not favor timetable for withdrawal from Iraq?
During the 2006 elections, their was a wide sentiment among Democrats that the #1 issue was ending the Iraq War. That year Democrats needed to pick up 15 seats. Emanuel picked 22 candidates to run in open seats or against weak Republicans. All but one of the candidates Rahm funded through the DCCC opposed to a timetable on withdrawal. Many stated we needed to send more troops.
More specifics, names of the candidates and some of their statements made in Congress are listed in article "How Rahm Emanuel Has Rigged a Pro-War Congress"
http://www.counterpunch.org/walsh10142006.html
The politico article is just piece of crap attempting to stir up something. Politico is nothing but a front group to control political messaging coming from the Beltway. It is worthless.
be very afraid if he gets the chair, especially if you've seen the damage LIEberman is doing to the Democratic Party and the country.
moonsha @ 120:
ur r right! blueAmerica/HowardDean 50-state did it. and they beat 8of9 rahm-supported shills.
My impression of Emmanuel and Pelosi:
"Impeachment is off the table because we don't have the votes to get it through.
Now please excuse me while I go help get more people who won't vote for impeachment elected."
Oh Gawd Help US!
Rahm Emanuel would be even worse than Pelosi.
He flat out admits that he puts Israel's interests before the USA.
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