Rahm Emanuel - hero?

The House that Rahm Built

Rahm Emanuel, Chicago's profane, ruthless, savvy operative, remade the Democrats in his image--and helped the party overcome 12 years of humiliation

Story by Naftali Bendavid
Tribune staff reporter
Published November 12, 2006

What a revisionist whitewash (is that possible?) of history. Rahm didn't do it by himself (he had help from Dean), and he nearly caused it to not happen. He's the one who DIDN'T want to make Iraq an issue, and it was only after Ned Lamont made it an issue (whom Rahm and the rest did not support) in his primary with Lieberman that Iraq even entered the campaigns of many that were "annointed" by Rahm and Schumer.

Also, the two of them refused to support a number of candidates that were more progressive and more independent (Tester in Montana , Webb in Virginia are two examples), and forced many grass roots candidates out in favor of their chosen ones. It's a miracle that these two didn't lead to another Democratic catastrophe.

They wanted candidates chosen by back room politics, ones who would be beholden to them. These guys are dangerous (not as much as Republicans, but dangerous nonetheless), and need to be watched closely (and ideally beaten at the polls by real Dems). They wouldn't even throw Lieberman under the bus after he lost his primary to Lamont, and now the Dem hold on the Senate is dependent on Lieberman. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot. Dumbasses.