Rahm Emanuel jumps off sinking White House Titanic
When über liberal Hollywood director James Cameron had a global box office hit back in 1997 with his epic depiction of the 1912 sea disaster, I doubt he thought the name Titanic would later become synonymous with the most left-wing presidency in American history. Thirteen years on, instead of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet clinging for dear life, it’s now Obama’s desperate White House team struggling for survival, but without the CGI effects.
Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is well ahead of the curve by jumping ship today before the November mid-terms, and who can blame him. The Obama presidency is likely heading for a massive humiliation at the polls in less than five weeks’ time and Emanuel won’t be the last to jump. He will now run for mayor of Chicago, arguably the third most powerful position in American city government after mayor of New York and mayor of Los Angeles, and will be replaced, for the interim at least, by low-key Obama aide and former Tom Daschle staffer Pete Rouse. For an insight into Rouse’s background, see The Washington Post’s profile here.
There is no doubt that political ambition is a major factor in Emanuel’s decision to exit Washington, but the stunning decline of the Obama presidency must also have played a key role in his thinking. With Barack Obama increasingly seen as a liability within his own party, and just 37 percent of Americans saying they are more likely to vote for a candidate if backed by the president, nerves are clearly fraying inside the White House with the prospects for re-election in 2012 looking increasingly bleak.
We are likely to see an exodus of key White House staff after November, with many seeking the safer confines of K Street lobbying firms or liberal think tanks. Rahm
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.telegraph.co.uk
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