The Real Rahm Emanuel

Beau commentaire sur le site de Real clear politics ce matin. J'affirmais hier qu'Emanuel devrait changer son approche en agissant comme maire de Chicago et cet article va dans ce sens. Le nouveau maire devra regarder le jeu politique sous un autre angle

"And in a way he has never had to do before, Rahm Emanuel will finally reveal who he really is.

One of the many dramas of a Rahm mayoralty -- roll over, Fiorello LaGuardia -- will be its status as a controlled (or, perhaps, uncontrolled) experiment in how a brilliant political operative translates campaigning skills into governing achievement. Bill Clinton was an elected official who happened to be one of the country's smartest consultants. Rahm Emanuel is the go-to adviser who happens to be good at running for office.

But first, a word of warning: All columns about Rahm should carry a consumer advisory. No person in public life has been more assiduous about courting journalists, and he is an aficionado of the column-writing trade.

As President Obama's chief of staff, Emanuel doubled as an all-purpose assignment editor. (It's why we all call him Rahm.) He'd approach every columnist with a pitch carefully calibrated to the political leanings of his target. He'd peddle more liberal story lines to liberals and more moderate takes to moderates."

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