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Obama's chief-of-staff undone after setbacks
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| Contributor | kal |
| Last Edited | kal Mar 12, 2010 06:41pm |
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| Category | General |
| Media | Newspaper - Independent |
| News Date | Saturday, March 13, 2010 12:40:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | At the best of times, Rahm Emanuel was always drawn, coiled, and combative. These days though, after less than 14 months on the job, his face is tauter, more lined and even thinner. And not surprisingly. For these times are far from the best. Indeed, Washington is starting to wonder: is President Obama's Chief of Staff, arguably the second most powerful man in the capital of the free world, about to walk the plank?
Mr Emanuel seemed the perfect choice when Mr Obama made him the first appointment of his administration. A top adviser in Bill Clinton's White House, Mr Emanuel then had a spell in private banking before embarking on a meteoric career in Congress that had already positioned him as a future Speaker of the House. This glittering CV seemed to make him the ideal foil for a young, untried President who had spent just four years in Washington (and two of those, in truth, mostly on the campaign trail).
Soon Mr Emanuel was being described as the most powerful Chief of Staff since James Baker kept the White House trains running on time during Ronald Reagan's first term. His intensity and profanity were already legendary on Capitol Hill; in the White House, he did nothing to discourage his "Rahmbo" image.
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