ABC News: Rahm Emanuel likely to leave White House this week!

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

More rats abandoning ship? Article says he is planning a run for Mayor of Chicago.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rahm-emanuel-leave-white-house/story?id=11740794

[w2992]

i have heard this rat Rahm served 7 yrs in the Isreali army

[Stary Hickory]

God help Chicago

[Original_Intent]

Chicago is already screwed. Rahm and Chicago deserve each other.

[james1906]

The denizens of that dump will likely elect him.

[Bruno]

How ironic. So did Obama! :D

http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Rahm-Emanuel-Denied-Housing-by-Tenant-103918318.html?dr

Rahm Emanuel could announce his candidacy for Chicago Mayor as soon as Friday of this week, but he may have to do it from a hotel room.

The tenant occupying Emanuel's home at 4228 N. Hermitage has refused to move out when the White House Chief of Staff returns, presumably, in October, the Sun-Times' Michael Sneed reports.

Robert Halpin, 59, and his wife Lori just re-signed a lease on the home that will last them through June 2011 -- just days before Mayor Daley announced his plans not to run. Halpin allegedly denied a request by Rahm to live in the basement until the lease ends.

The issue presents a residency problem for Emanuel. Election rules stipulate that a candidate prove residency for at least one year before the election.

[Fredom101]

Well Rahm is scum, and it's good to see him go, but he likely won't go very far and whoever his replacement is will be equally as bad. :(

[sevin]

Halpin allegedly denied a request by Rahm to live in the basement until the lease ends.

haha, sounds like a good idea for a sitcom.

[Original_Intent]

If he doesn't get elected mayor, I am sure Bawny Fwank has an opening that he can fill. :eek:

[newyearsrevolution08]

Chicago is already screwed. Rahm and Chicago deserve each other.

+1

most things crooked politically came through there at one time or another

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

bumpity bump

[puppetmaster]

he'll be back.......:(

[messana]

First Summers now him - I wonder what's going on over there.

[oyarde]

i have heard this rat Rahm served 7 yrs in the Isreali army

That may be an exaggeration. During the first Gulf War he did work for the IDF as a civilian volunteer . They did not trust him with a weapon .

[BlackTerrel]

If true: does anyone think this will even shift policy by 0.001%? Cause I don't.

[devil21]

First Summers now him - I wonder what's going on over there.

Also that clueless Economic Advisors chairlady. Forgot her name.

[silus]

Senators and governors often leave office to work in the White House. Yet he's leaving it to merely RUN for mayor?!

[oyarde]

Senators and governors often leave office to work in the White House. Yet he's leaving it to merely RUN for mayor?!

Mayor of Chicago . It will be like having his own Dynasty .

[silus]

Or he might get his ass kicked in the mayoral election. Thats the thing. It seems very presumptuous that he would give up his position for something so uncertain.

[oyarde]

Or he might get his ass kicked in the mayoral election. Thats the thing. It seems very presumptuous that he would give up his position for something so uncertain.

The people deserve better than him. He is a very presumptous type of personality . He gets in , he will play hardball to win .

[Vessol]

halpin allegedly denied a request by rahm to live in the basement until the lease ends.[/b]

lol what!?

[squarepusher]

http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/2769580,CST-NWS-vote04.article

Experts say Rahm Emanuel not a legal resident of city
MAYOR'S RACE | Courts may disagree
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October 4, 2010

BY ABDON M. PALLASCH Political Reporter/apallasch@suntimes.com

The first question isn't: Can Rahm win? It's: Can Rahm run?

Sunday, Rahm Emanuel announced in a video posted on a website that he is preparing to run for mayor of Chicago. But two of Chicago's top election lawyers say the state's municipal code is crystal clear that a candidate for mayor must reside in the town for a year before the election.