As President-elect Obama picks his cabinet and administration, leaks suggest Rep. Rahm Emmanuel (D-Ill.) will be his Chief of Staff. After the inspiration for The West Wing’s Matt Santos has tapped the guy Josh Lyman was based on, can it be long before George Stephanopolous (aka Sam Seabourn) is recruited as Emmanuel’s deputy? Probably less likely is McCain (aka Arnie Vinick) being invited to be Secretary of State.
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George is a good man, but having read his account of the Clinton White House, I suspect he finds ABC and Columbia Uni more congenial than frontline politics.
Although in a bi-partisan move, there are rumors that current US Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, maybe asked to continue that role in the new administration
According to Wikipedia “Emanuel has maintained a 100 percent pro-choice voting record and is generally liberal on social issues.”, which is good news.
What’s the betting that Bill Weld will be appointed Ambassador to the Court of St James?
Let’s hope Joe Biden’s health holds up, given what happened to Leo McGarry.
Interesting that Emmanuel is the son of a former Irgun member. That is the equivalent to a senior US politician in 50 years time being the son of an al-Qaeda member.
Irgun were behind the King David Hotel bombing which, prior to 9/11, was I believe the largest killing of British citizens in a terrorist act.
The route from terrorist to statesman is not as long as people like to make out.