OK, bottom line:
Raise your hand if you had “Rahm Emanuel running for president in 2028, much less rescuing the Democrat Party from itself” on your bingo card.
Yep, just as I thought.
But Emanuel, a former congressman, White House chief of staff under Barack Obama, Chicago mayor, and diplomat, is not only teasing a 2028 presidential bid; he’s also been very direct about what he thinks Democrats need to do to win national elections again.
Moreover, as reported on Monday by the Wall Street Journal, Emanuel — never shy about his abilities or ambitions — now calls the Democrat Party’s brand “toxic,” and “weak and woke” — an obvious nod to culture-war issues, on which he thinks Democrats have become so fixated and that President Trump has successfully used against them.
Here’s more, via the WSJ:
While Emanuel is coy about what he wants next for…