Hear me out–Rahm Emanuel may be the best candidate for president the Democrats could put forward.
Of course, that makes it an even bigger longshot than it usually is for any candidate.
President Rahm Emanuel? He Thinks So. https://t.co/pKxjddSdTj
— David Strom (@DavidStrom) May 23, 2025
I’m not a big fan of Rahm Emanuel or many of his policies, but I have a great deal of respect for him as a savvy political strategist and, I am afraid to say, one of the least insane Democrats on the playing field today. If we had to have a Democrat as our next president, we could do a lot worse than Emanuel.
Emanuel is a Clinton Democrat–Machiavellian, often infuriating, usually self-dealing, generally cozy with members of his class, and very savvy when it comes to reading the public mood. He is also very, very smart and comes from a very smart family.
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