Posted on 11/05/2008 4:39:41 PM PST by jessduntno
Rahm Emanuel
In late 1998 he traded in Clinton as his boss for Bruce Wasserstein, a major Democratic donor and Wall Street financier. "Money is not the be-all and end-all for him," says brother Zeke. "But he knew he needed money so that wouldn't be a problem while he was doing public service." Over a 2 1/2-year period he helped broker deals-often using political connections-for Wasserstein Perella.
According to congressional financial disclosures, he earned more than $18 million during that period. His deals included Unicom's merger with Peco Energy and venture fund GTCR Golder Rauner's purchase of SBC subsidiary SecurityLink. But friends say his compensation also benefited from two sales of the Wasserstein firm itself, first to Dresdner Bank and then to Allianz AG.
"There are people who never lose, who never fail, and their first failure is usually a disaster," says Zeke. "That is not characteristic of Rahm or anyone else in our family. What we're very good at-and what Rahm is very good at-is coming back. Persistence and picking yourself up off the floor and working harder and learning lessons from getting kicked in the teeth." In 2005 they turned to Emanuel to run the DCCC.
Emanuel's in-your-face money demands make him stand out in a party that has sometimes been a little prissy about big-donor fundraising. "Republicans understand power and that you need money to get power. Our guys don't," complains one of the party's leading funders. Colleagues say Emanuel has become adept at the care and feeding of big donors-knowing their interests, asking about their families, sending them cheesecakes from Chicago's Eli's Bakery. He's expanded the DCCC's donor base, appealing both to like-minded young financiers and big-business donors with GOP ties who are hedging their bets this fall.
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It will be very interesting to see this pos in the daylight. He is of the nature that best survives under a rock.
Do you have any idea who his brother is?
Look it up.
Emanuel has a short dagger. Squishy Republicans will have to reach across the aisle to get stabbed in the back.
Eliot Spitzer ?
They mis-spelled “scumbag” in the title of the article.
Well...Rahm Emanuel IS Jewish and is actually involved in his place of worship.
Both of those factoids surprised me.
Ya just don’t see a lot of pit bulls who studied ballet in college.
Pitbull politician?
Any lipstick?
Where are the Republican Pitbulls?
I wish we had a dozen Emanuel’s!
In Maine we have two pitbulls-Snow and Collins (sarc)
That Chicago hack, while head of the DCCC, lead the campigns that turned over 50 congressional seats from red to blue. Underestimate him at your peril, there are a whole lot of former congressmen who did.
As I recall the congressional candidates pretended to be conservative when they ran. Once they get in they can claim anything they want - most voters can’t keep it straight.
Emanuel was instrumental in the lawsuits against firearms manufacturers during the clinton administration. No, gun owners have no worries at all /sarc.
Wow, one brother is a Dr. against state assisted suicide.
It never fails to amaze me that Jews are mostly Democrats.
crazy!
he is a pos. he needs to be destroyed. he is out to
destroy republicans. he will use any means necessary.
and i mean any.
Rush told a story today about Rahm and a very violent and vindictive speech involving a steaknife, repeated stabbing of the lecturn, and exclamations of “Dead” for each of a bunch of traitors....apparently involving one of Clinton’s failed agendas back in the 90’s. Scary.
Much as I will hate myself in the morning for saying this, mr emmanuel seems like the first of obie’s boys who should be reduced to dog food — politically speaking, of course.
Dick Morris just said that Emanuel was a ballet dancer.
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