Rahmbo

So Rahm Emanuel is Obama's White House Chief of Staff.

Rahm's pretty hardball for an operator...but then again that's what White house Chief of Staff does, you're the ultimate Washington Insider. Even "Change We Need" needs an operator on the inside to pull the levers to affect change.

Still, I'm sorry. I look at that picture and the first thing that pops into my mind is "Iago and Othello."

If it's indicative of all of Obama's appointments, that's one thing. But like it or not, the REST of Washington is still the rest of Washington, and that will require arm-twisting and being the bad guy.

Rahm is a pretty good bad guy. Also, he's one hell of a serious player with Israel. If Obama is serious about a two-state solution, it's Rahm who's going to be delivering the bad news to the Israelis.

WHCoS is important. New tag: Rahmbo.