Congressman Rahm Emanuel

The list of expected guests for President Barack Obama's first White House state dinner in honor of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, as provided by the White House. ___ Obama and first lady Michelle Obama Singh and his wife, Gursharan Kaur Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y., and Sant Singh Chatwal Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman of India's Planning Commission Mukesh D. Ambani Tim Dutta, spouse of Pia Awal David Axelrod, White House senior adviser, and Susan Axelrod Preeta Bansal, general counsel for the Office of Management and Budget Melody Barnes, White House domestic policy director, and Marland E. Buckner Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., and Jane ... Read Full Story

When a politician has bad news to release they usually do it on a Friday afternoon if possible because most people are geared up for the weekend and aren’t paying attention. By the time people are paying attention the issue is not in the news cycle any more. President-elect Obama has taken that standard to a new level. When it came time to release his “cough, cough” internal investigation he did so on the day before Christmas when everyone had Christmas shopping and Christmas plans on the mind and were not paying attention. As if that wasn’t enough political cover he also decided to ... Read Full Story

Media Bias: Is it just us or is there something wrong with the White House dictating news coverage to advance the president's medical insurance agenda? We thought this sort of thing happened only in Venezuela. In an unprecedented intervention by government in private media, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel called all three TV networks and muscled them into giving President Obama prime time coverage for his medical expansion program. For some, Emanuel didn't bother with mere newsmen. He went straight to the top, calling corporate owners such as Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger, whose company controls ABC, and General Electric CEO Jeffrey ... Read Full Story

After reviewing several methods for lowering health care costs and noting that the White House plans to use none on them, James Capretta writes : And so what’s the White House response to this alarming state of fiscal affairs? As recounted in the Times piece, Emanuel blames the limits of politics. “Let’s be honest,” Emanuel apparently stated in a recent interview. “The goal isn’t to see whether I can pass this through the executive board of the Brookings Institution. I’m passing it through the United State Congress with people who represent constituents.” That’s exactly right of course. But it’s also an indictment of the ... Read Full Story

Much was made about President-elect Barack Obama’s association with some very shady characters to no avail. People that were informed just didn’t care. Most people don’t even know who Obama associated with during his years as a Chicago politician. President-elect Obama filled his first cabinet position when he named Rahm Emanuel as his chief of staff. Let’s look at one of Rahm Emanuels’ associations, he was a board of director on Freddie Mac during the time when the scandal was just becoming news. Rahm Emanuel, served on the board of directors of the federal mortgage firm Freddie Mac at a time when scandal was ... Read Full Story