Who seems to be better at their job: Rahm Emanuel or Karl Rove?
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Short-term probably Rove, but in the long term I don't see it. In terms of wins and nothing else, I think his biggest strength is in the divisive way he ran his campaigns which was to rile up the base (religious right and neo-cons) and terrify the middle (terrorists, democrats hate christian values, etc, etc, etc) but after a while, when a lot of it turns out to not be true, people won't buy it anymore and the strategy will fail like we just saw. When it comes down to it, he doesn't really understand people as well as everybody thought. \n\nRahm Emanuel did a hell of a good job, but there was also lots of grassroots support with Move On and the DNC also doing a lot of good work. He focused hard on on important races and recruited a lot of good candidates, so we'll have to see how his strategies work out, but right now it's looking good.
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That's a hard one... I suppose it would be Dick cuz he shot someone in the face though. The biggest crook of them all  would be Karl Rove.
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Yup.  Karl Rove is the perfect choice for George "I'm a uniter, not a divider" Bush.\n\nI credit much (not all) of the current extremist polarization of politics in this country to the type of win-at-ALL-costs tactics of Karl Rove.  The kind of acid-spewing *hatred* Americans have *for each other* that you see on this Yahoo forum is the result.\n\nA couple more years of this "uniter, not a divider" President and Republicans & Democrats will make the Sunnis & Shiites look like Abbott & Costello.\n\n---\n\ntinker ... you're falling into the same trap. You have no evidence that Kerry "hired" her ... but you say so anyway.  Someone told you that and you believe it.\n\nI'm not saying that Dems are blameless ... or even that it started with Bush.  I'm saying that a Bush presidency without Karl Rove, might actually have been FAR less divisive presidency.
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Not bad, but I think Mark Levin would be an awesome Prez! Also Ted Nugent would be better at defense with his love for weapons and all.
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Clinton is a great speaker, George Bush always has an ear piece in just like in the Presidential debates. KKKarl Rove is doing all of the talking. Bush is just the mouth piece.
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My perception is just the opposite. There are a lot of Rabid Right Rove-Rovers and evangelical homo meth-heads out there, but they get brushed off.
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No, Carl Rove runs the USA.
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As a NYC resident, Giuliani was a very effective mayor.  Just look at the dramatic drop in crime since his administration took office.  NYC is one of the safest cities in the nation.  His leadership during 9/11 was extraordinary.  As a person who was standing in front of the World Trade Center when the attack took place--I know how orderly NYC was and how effective the local government was under Rudy.  (The federal response, as with the Katrina fiasco, was weak--but it wasn't as bad as the response in Louisiana partly because of local leadership--and our US Senators advocating so strongly).  Rudy was also very effective in getting rid of the mob.  I don't believe that he would be a bad president in the least.
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GW is not a homo and would probably smack the college out of you for suggesting it. Karl Rove may have experimented with his own butt a few times.
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It's between Lincoln and FDR because they led the country through its greatest crises and never backed down. A great president is measured through how he leads in tough times because tough times don't last, tough people do. Being a knowledgeable, strong commander in chief, and knowing how to manage spending by the government are also included. There are many debates about who is the greatest and most times your just choosing the lesser of two evils. These two are the obvious choices when you look at history. I would love to put JFK in here but the fact is he was taken from the people before he could fulfill his dream. You could argue the failures of Lincoln and Roosevelt as well but no one goes through this lifetime w/o failing. For the great ones, failure is why they succeed.
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Either Cheney or Rowe.
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No. Rahm Emanuel was sworn in for his second term on January 4, 2005, as the U.S. Representative from Illinois’ 5th Congressional District, which covers the Northwest Side of Chicago and parts of suburban Cook County. \n\nHe serves on the Committee on Ways and Means. He also serves as chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.\n\nDuring the 108th Congress, Emanuel served on the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on the Budget. He was chosen by his fellow Democratic freshmen as Democratic Whip for their class, and served as a Vice Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.\n\nEmanuel served as a top White House advisor to President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1998, first as Assistant to the President for Political Affairs and then as Senior Advisor to the President for Policy and Strategy. He was a leading strategist in the successful White House efforts to extend health insurance to millions of uninsured children; pass the Brady Act; enact the historic 1994 crime bill, which put 100,000 new police officers on the street; secure passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement and other trade measures; reform welfare; raise the minimum wage; and balance the federal budget.\n\nEmanuel began his career with the consumer rights organization Illinois Public Action. He went on to serve in a number of capacities in local and national politics, including Paul Simon’s 1984 election to the U.S. Senate, national campaign director for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 1988, and senior advisor and chief fundraiser for Richard M. Daley’s victorious campaign for mayor of Chicago in 1989. He served as Director of Finance in the 1992 Presidential campaign of then-Governor Bill Clinton.\n\nFrom 1999 to 2002, Emanuel served as managing director of the investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in Chicago.\n\nEmanuel was born November 29, 1959, in Chicago. He graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1981 and received a Master's Degree in Speech and Communication from Northwestern University in 1985.\nResidents of Chicago, Emanuel and his wife Amy have three children.\n\ncc
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#1 -Barak Obama - intelligent, honest, from outside the current beltway culture of corruption & incompetence\n\n#2 - John Edwards - at least he's from outside the current beltway culture of corruption & incompetence & certainly honest & intelligent enough
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Neither.\n\nSome will say Republican but all this does is show me how much Republicans have controlled it all the while it was going up.
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No, he's not,  Carl Rove is.
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Yes.\nThis is just another example of how Karl Rove has the Republicans negative campaigning. They have told lies about their counterparts. Over half of the Country believes Congress is doing a poor job, Bush has a 38% approval rating as of this week.\nThis many people cannot be wrong. They resort to these telemarketing schemes to lie to voters. They are even doing on TV ads. That is because they have done such a poor job, that this is the only thing left to try to win with.
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You don't need a website to explain the politics of division. You create an enemy[gays, blacks, latinos, immigrants], and you ask angry people their opinions about them. Karl Rove 101.