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Throughout the presidential campaign, Republicans took delight in portraying Barack Obama as all talk and no action. But his naming of Illinois Congressman Rahm Emanuel as his White House chief of staff shows that the Democratic President-elect has no intention of letting that charge stick...
...joke that someone should open a special trauma ward in Washington for people who've worked for Rahm." - Jose Cerda, former Clinton staffer, on the notoriously enormous demands that Emanuel puts on his staff (Rolling Stone...
...first impression was, 'This guy is going to help us win.' And he did. I doubt we could have done it without him." - Bill Clinton, recalling Emanuel's role in his 1992 campaign (Chicago Tribune...
...Rahm smelled blood. He latched on like a pit bull and never let go." - Chuck Fant, press secretary for Representative John M. Spratt Jr. of South Carolina, on Emanuel's decision to attack the Bush administration for letting an Arab company manage U.S. Ports (L.A. Times, July...
...need an alarm clock anymore." - David Axelrod, political consultant, on Emanuel's early-morning phone calls during the 2006 Congressional race (TIME, June 4, 2006) Quotes from...