Rahm Emanuel Is Obama’s Chief of Staff
February 13th, 2009
After weighing his options and the degree of the responsibilities at hand, Representative Rahm Emanuel has accepted President-elect Barack Obama’s offer to become his White House Chief of Staff. Obama’s selection of Rahm Emanuel was the first major decision the president-elect made in public since his victory over Republican Sen. John McCain in November 2008.
Rahm Emanuel believes that his knowledge about the White House was the main reason why Obama picked him over other potential candidates. Dubbed as “Rahm-bo” for his aggressive “take no prisoners” personality, the future White House Chief of Staff divulged that he has devoted his life to public service.
Rahm Emanuel was first thrown into the political scene when he became a member of the Illinois Public Action. In 1984, he served as part of Paul Simon’s campaign for a seat in the U.S. senate. Four years later in 1988, Rahm Emanuel became the national campaign director for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). A year later, he served as Richard M. Daley’s senior advisor and chief fundraiser for the latter’s successful mayoral campaign.
Rahm Emanuel also has a flair for fundraising. One of his memorable fundraising events was the $72-million fundraiser for Bill Clinton’s presidential primary campaign. Under the Clinton Administration, Rahm Emanuel served as senior advisor to the president; a position which he held from 1993 to 1998.
After resigning from his White House office, and before he ran for a congressional seat, Rahm Emanuel worked as an investment banker for Wasserstein Perella (currently known as Dresdner Kleinwort) and as one of the Board of Directors for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or Freddie Mac.
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