tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post834698060593267513..comments2024-03-18T17:01:07.165-07:00Comments on The Provocateur: Maybe Everyone Should Resign Ariannamike volpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-52251018244747982682009-10-16T08:55:06.763-07:002009-10-16T08:55:06.763-07:00Ever. Really. who was the Chief of Staff for Hardi...Ever. Really. who was the Chief of Staff for Harding? Are you serious? It was Emanuel's strategy that brought in dozens of moderates to conservative districts and flipped them Democrat. I don't think he was a downer for the NDCC. He recruited conservatives to run in conservative districts and it worked. 2006 was a huge year. Are you actually saying that his strategy was a bad one? <br /><br />In relatively safe districts recruiting a conservative would have been stupid and lead to losses. So, I don't think he did that. He recruited moderates in conservative districts.mike volpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-65128820716475072252009-10-16T08:13:40.879-07:002009-10-16T08:13:40.879-07:00That doesn't change the fact that he's the...That doesn't change the fact that he's the most disloyal White House Chief of Staff ever. Everybody knows the only reason he's there is because he was too dangerous to leave in the House. As DCCC chair, he recruited the most conservative candidates he could find to run, even in relatively safe districts. Even know he's planning a return to the House to complete his plan to steal the Speaker's chair from PelosiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-17582729889057002292009-10-16T07:33:58.661-07:002009-10-16T07:33:58.661-07:00I don't know what those leaks are or what he s...I don't know what those leaks are or what he said, and I don't care. Emanuel is from Chicago. We don't have moderates here, liberals and far left, that's it. <br /><br />He's a deal maker. That's his main role. He tries to make sure that Obama's legislation passes. He doesn't say anything to hurt people he doesn't like. He says things to get deals done. period.mike volpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-86329411679236853482009-10-16T07:19:32.603-07:002009-10-16T07:19:32.603-07:00A few weeks ago, Emanuel was exposed as the source...A few weeks ago, Emanuel was exposed as the source behind all those "anonymous" leaks from the White House criticizing the Progressive Caucus as "left of the left" and "f_cking stupid" for pushing their public option. He's been encouraging Blue Dogs and conservative Democrats to accept a triggered public option, which is the exact same thing Olympia Snowe has been pushing.<br /><br />Rahm is a DLC'er, he was one of the Clinton (are you going to deny Clinton was a DLC'er, too?) Administration's top advisers on health care reform back in '94. And you see where his advice got Clinton and Co.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-49851977766527036642009-10-16T05:02:40.996-07:002009-10-16T05:02:40.996-07:00I'm not sure that he's letting them write ...I'm not sure that he's letting them write the bill and I'm not sure that Emanuel isn't a liberal.mike volpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-25882858675166589722009-10-16T00:34:00.516-07:002009-10-16T00:34:00.516-07:00If Obama was concerned about losing his base, why ...If Obama was concerned about losing his base, why is he letting Rahm Emanuel and Olympia Snowe write his health care reform bill?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com