President Barack Obama's chief of staff is warning about what might happen if Republicans -- who have defended BP over the Gulf oil spill -- were to run Congress after the fall election.
Rahm Emanuel says the GOP philosophy is to paint BP as the victim, pointing to Rep. Joe Barton's apology to BP for what the congressman called a shakedown.
Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/20/rahm-emanuel-joe-barton-bp-apology_n_618646.html
A White House source said the former president was asked by President Barack Obama's chief of staff Rahm Emanuel to gauge whether Joe Sestak would drop out of his ultimately successful challenge to veteran Senator Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania.
The offer was based on the assumption that Sestak would stay in the House of Representatives.
Source:
http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0528/white-house-says-no-laws-broken-in-us-senate-race-row/
Democratic U.S.
Sen. Dick Durbin, [Senate candidate Alex] Giannoulias campaign chairman, expressed concerns over a lack of White House commitment to the candidate to Washington-based Politico after a recent meeting with President Barack Obamas chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel.
Source:
http://dailycaller.com/2010/04/24/obama-distances-self-from-toxic-illinois-democrat-giannoulias/
