Apparently, Rahm Emmanuel WILL BE chief of staff (on MSNBC a moment ago). nt

[LittleApple81]

[jannyk]

1. Heard that - was hoping it wasn't so :(

[Romulox]

2. We've known this for a week; lots of DUers didn't want it discussed, however. nt

[jannyk]

4. Lots of DU'ers were hoping it wasn't true!

[mcg]

3. "I'd rather have him inside the tent pissing out than outside pissing in"

"I'd rather have him inside the tent pissing out than outside pissing in"
(Lyndon B. Johnson, of J. Edgar Hoover)

[mcg]

5. "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer." Sun-tzu

[mcg]

6. Obama is an admirer of Lincoln, who put his political enemies ...

in his cabinet, including a guy who called him an ape.

[Romulox]

7. So why not Dick Cheney for COS??? nt

[mcg]

8. Not THAT much of an enemy. nt

[wiggs]

9. One talk show host just said Emmanuel is one of the most radical, leftists

in Washington.

[avaistheone1]

10. Who was that reliable Rush Limbaugh? trusty Hannity?

[truedelphi]

11. This choice scares me for two reasons -

I don't see Rahm helping the nation at large, and I feel uneasy about him working so closely inside Obama's inner circle. Rahm is far too treachorous to my taste. He is not someone I would trust, but someone I would believe capable of sabotage.

[polichick]

12. Joe Scarborough is going NUTZ about the handling of this. Jeez!

[shrub chipper]

13. and we all know

that Scarborough would NEVER criticize a Dem just for the sake of criticizing.
/:sarcasm:

[polichick]

14. Yeah, apparently that's his schtick - but what did I miss? He said something...

...about Rahm talking on camera about the job last night in some "amateur" way.