Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is stepping down, and Rahm Emanuel wants the job. President Obama is expected to announce his Chief of Staff's departure tomorrow. Emanuel has been the "get-it-done insider" to Obama's "visionary outsider," praised for legislative successes and scapegoated for defeats. But along the way, Emanuel has angered conservative Republicans, who think Obama has gone too far, and alienated liberal Democrats who say he hasn't gone far enough. Will his departure unite a divided White House? Who will be next? What are his chances at home in Chicago?
Obama and Emanuel: Great Team or a Mismatch?
Credits
Guests:
- Lynn Sweet - Washington Bureau Chief, Chicago Sun-Times
- Peter Baker - New York Times - @peterbakernyt
- Ari Berman - voting rights reporter for Mother Jones, author of “Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People ― and the Fight to Resist It” - @AriBerman
- Dana Milbank - Washington Post - @Milbank
- Dick Simpson - former Chicago Alderman