but I didn't know why.

So what was the point of the charade?

[ ] Very tepidly voting for Obama [ ] ?????. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

I don't recall Rahm doing any campaigning for Hillary. He didn't endorse her. All I remember is the one time Rahm called out Teddy Kennedy after an especially egregious comment Teddy made about Hillary as VP.

Also, Jesse Jackson, Jr. is pushing to be Obama's replacement in the senate. In a subtle, Villager kind of way.

What's going on here? A Clinton supporter? Since when?

Unless you mnean Bill...

Rahm is trying to move up.

Good luck, Illinois.

Also, Jesse Jackson, Jr. is pushing to be Obama’s replacement in the senate

You did your job, little one.

(I deleted six or seven comments that were uncomplimentary about JJ, jr.)

a Congressional seat based on his experience there.

From Wiki:

One of his proudest moments during the Clinton Administration "was an event that touched his political sensibilities and his personal ties to Israel: the 1993 Rose Garden signing ceremony after the Oslo accord between Israel and the Palestinians. Rahm directed the details of the ceremony, down to the choreography of the famous handshake between Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat."[8]

At this point of his political career he was known for his intensity. Notably, he reportedly told British Prime Minister Tony Blair, "This is important. Don't fuck it up," prior to Blair appearing in public with Clinton for the first time after the Lewinsky scandal emerged.[9] Emanuel is said to have "mailed a rotting fish to a former coworker after the two parted ways."[8] On the night after the Clinton election, "Emanuel was so angry at the president's enemies that he stood up at a celebratory dinner with colleagues from the campaign, grabbed a steak knife and began rattling off a list of betrayers, shouting 'Dead! ... Dead! ... Dead!' and plunging the knife into the table after every name."[1] His "take-no-prisoners attitude" earned him the nickname "Rahm-bo".[8]

In 1998, Emanuel served on the Chicago Housing Association board and was repeatedly accused of undermining fair and affordable housing for low-income minorities. Opponents cite incidents during which Emanuel left concerned citizens meetings in which Section 8 housing destruction was authorized to talk on his cell phone or take early lunches. He has never publicly commented on his CHA years.

People who worked with Emanuel at that time "insist the once hard-charging staffer has mellowed out."[8] He left the White House to accept a well-paid position in investment banking at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in Chicago, where he worked from 1999 to 2002 and reportedly earned US$18 million.[10]

Article doesn't mention how he stood re: Hillary's run. And he is from Chicago.

If Barack wins his buddy the governor, Rod Blagojevich, will appoint his replacement. Rod is a part of the Chicago machine and, if you remember, was mentioned quite prominently at Rezko's trial.

It wouldn't surprise me if Richie Daley has some input into Rod's big decision.

Others mentioned as a possible replacement senator are Tammy Duckworth, wounded veteran of the Iraq war and current head of the Ill. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky. They are all Democrats, of course.

...and their momma in Chicago had announced their endorsement, Rahm remained quiet until the end. I wouldn't say he supported Hillary Clinton's run (because he didn't), but he is not an Obaman, and that much is clear. As a Chicagoan, he was given every avenue to announce his support for him, and declined. In fact, from what I heard, he was courted like crazy.

Obama doesn't have any need for Rahm. Obama doesn't reward half-hearted support for him by public officials. In order to get into his circle, you've got to go all in, and Rahm didn't (and will not) do that.

think Rahm is somehow separated from an Obama administration.

Naive, actually.

From what I was told....

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Around these parts we call cucumber slices circle bites

--speaking of courtiers, of course.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...

-- "... Barack Obama's campaign has approached Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel about possibly serving as White House chief of staff, officials said Thursday, looking ahead as the marathon presidential race entered its final, frenzied stretch with a Democratic tilt.

The Democrats who described the contact with Emanuel spoke on condition of anonymity, saying they were not authorized to be quoted by name. ..." -- http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1...