Twitter chatter saying Biden considering Rahm Emanuel for OMB

[Budi]

They'll probably be much happier with Rahm, than Tanden

He'd actually be a well qualified choice.

But it's just twitter chatter so who knows

[AZSkiffyGeek]

1. Ugh

I find it hard to believe he'd breeze through confirmation.
The right might like him better, but he'll get the same, or worse, treatment from the left.

[DURHAM D]

2. Bad idea. nt

[Budi]

3. Makes Tanden look like a saint

Hmm

[Freethinker65]

4. Hahaha. Watch the idiot boys club confirm him.

[WHITT]

5. He Would Merely Be A Figurehead

Tanden is wicked smart and a huge policy wonk. Emanuel is, well, not.

[Budi]

7. But Tanden withdrew her name today. So I guess they now get Rahm instead.

I think they kinda fked up , if Rahm actually ends up being Biden's next choice.
Maybe it's just twitter chatter.

[kysrsoze]

6. This will probably be flagged, but he did an awful job with the budgets as mayor

... of Chicago. No money for schools and teachers, who had to buy much of their own supplies. And nothing to pay down the city’s debt load, while the TIF funds continued to grow and be disbursed to developers. He flatly refused to touch half a billion dollars that could have helped the city.

I’m not bashing - just telling it like it is, as I lived there during his term.

[Budi]

8. No reason to flag your post that I see. I know only a bit about Rahm so

...hearing an opinion from someone who lived the Rahm experience is useful.

I've also heard some of his really strong points but he seems a person of controversy.

[kysrsoze]

10. Apparently he did a good job working for Obama.

Unfortunately it didn’t translate well when he took office. He just came across as inflexible. There was some talk about revitalization of the south/west sides, but very little ever materialized. All the funds and development went elsewhere. Just more of the same that’s been going on for decades.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

19. As a Chicagoan

I couldn't agree more. He was a terrible mayor on many levels. No need to get into details here, suffice to say I hope he stays out of the Biden administration. A caveat, he would absolutely demolish Trump in any confrontation from verbal to physical

[mucifer]

23. Yup, terrible with race relations and equity. Great for the environment and LGBTQ rights. Not

a good choice for anywhere in the Biden administration IMO.

[TDale313]

11. Oh gods no. n/t

[ZonkerHarris]

12. Hard pass.

[tritsofme]

13. I can't imagine this is real. Sounds more like someone trying to make a point about Tanden.

[Xolodno]

14. Ooff...and...LOL!

To me, it was fairly obvious the GOP was looking for some kind of "victory" in refusing one of Biden's nominations. Well, they got that...but, now with Rahm, who is a well known budget hawk, to their dismay....and if they refuse, they look for the worse. I can see it now:

GOP Senator: Do you believe in balanced budgets?

Rahm: Absolutely! Lets start by increasing the tax rates for Congress.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

15. Good choice

[ms liberty]

16. No. Absolutely not. n/t

[moonscape]

17. If this is being put out as a feeler, then

Biden pls no.

[dsc]

18. He literally, as Chief of Staff to the President, called a group of people fucking retarded to their

faces, and he is being rumored as the replacement for Neera Tanden whose tweets were too awful for her to get the job? You think people are irate about a double standard now, just do that.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

20. Oh my fucking god, no.

[NurseJackie]

21. Sure.

That'll teach 'em. Eh?

[George II]

22. Rahm Emmanuel would be a great head of OMB. Perhaps he can find a high level job for Tanden...

...working for him.

If Biden chose him, I'd support that nomination. Joe Biden is the President and should choose whoever he wants.

[mucifer]

24. Fingers crossed President Biden studies what kind of mayor we had in Chicago

It was bad.

[Arazi]

25. No. No he wouldn't. The parking meter fiasco is just one example of many on his incompetence