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Posted Thursday, November 06, 2008 7:36 PM

The Moderate Voice: Rahm Emanuel v. Hamilton Jordan

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As Mr. G. posted earlier , the politicos and pundits are abuzz about Rep. Rahm Emanuel's acceptance of the offer to be President-elect Obama's Chief of Staff (a.k.a, CoS). Much of the coverage and commentary suggests the CoS role is a critical one that, while the person in this position may not be capable of single-handedly making or breaking a president, his/her influence can probably tip the scales between success or failure on many fronts. That prompted me, in turn, to recall the suggestion by my hard-right conservative friends that Obama would be another Jimmy Carter. Carter's CoS was Hamilton Jordan, who pronounced his last name “JER-dun,” as the New York Times report on his death earlier this year reminds us. The same NYT...
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