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  Rahm Emanuel for VP? Hunting mishap no accident
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Last EditedGerald Farinas  Feb 16, 2008 06:14pm
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News DateSunday, February 17, 2008 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionIn all the machinations about making the perfect ticket, there is one name that has not surfaced in serious Democratic circles: Rep. Rahm Emanuel of Illinois.

"What do people who know Rahm Emanuel best think of him being vice president?'' asks the narrator of this mock ad delivered the other night at the congressional correspondents' dinner in Washington, as a warmup for Emanuel himself.

“What's his slogan,'' Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois asks in the clip. "A lot of audacity, but not much hope?'' Then, Durbin says, think about this: "Rahm Emanuel, vice president, goes on a hunting trip, somebody gets shot, nobody believes it’s an accident.

"That thing isnt rolling, is it?'' Durbin asks about the camera.

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