Democratic insiders say Rahm Emanuel will leave shortly after the mid-term elections.
President Obama and Rahm Emanuel his controversial chief of staff may be parting ways. Londons Daily Telegraph newspaper reports that Democratic insiders say Mr. Emanuel will leave shortly after the mid-term elections.
Differences in style between the cerebral Mr. Obama and the confrontational Mr. Emanuel are said to have played a role. In addition Mr. Emanuel is reported to be frustrated at the inability of the White House to knock heads together to fashion political compromises.
Mr. Obama sent a signal by choosing the respected but hard-charging member of the Congressional leadership almost immediately after his 2008 victory to become his top aide. Mr. Emanuel had a reputation as a tough partisan but was also known to exhibit impatience with left-wing members of his party who have overly ambitious ideological agendas.
During last years health care debate Mr. Emanuel famously argued for a less sweeping health care plan than the one that ultimately passed. He lost that argument to David Axelrod the White Houses chief strategist and Valerie Jarrett Mr. Obamas old friend from Chicago. If Mr. Emanuel does step down many will suspect that his advice to trim back ObamaCare was the beginning of the end of his power in the White House.
Democratic insiders say Rahm Emanuel will leave shortly after the mid-term elections.
President Obama and Rahm Emanuel his controversial chief of staff may be parting ways. Londons Daily Telegraph newspaper reports that Democratic insiders say Mr. Emanuel will leave shortly after the mid-term elections.
Differences in style between the cerebral Mr. Obama and the confrontational Mr. Emanuel are said to have played a role. In addition Mr. Emanuel is reported to be frustrated at the inability of the White House to knock heads together to fashion political compromises.
Mr. Obama sent a signal by choosing the respected but hard-charging member of the Congressional leadership almost immediately after his 2008 victory to become his top aide. Mr. Emanuel had a reputation as a tough partisan but was also known to exhibit impatience with left-wing members of his party who have overly ambitious ideological agendas.
During last years health care debate Mr. Emanuel famously argued for a less sweeping health care plan than the one that ultimately passed. He lost that argument to David Axelrod the White Houses chief strategist and Valerie Jarrett Mr. Obamas old friend from Chicago. If Mr. Emanuel does step down many will suspect that his advice to trim back ObamaCare was the beginning of the end of his power in the White House.
