"With Rahm, you get someone who is both a great strategic thinker and a great tactician. It's great to have someone who knows the Congress inside and out. There can often be major differences between the executive branch and the congressional branch, even when you're from the same party. It will certainly help in terms of getting things done."
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On Rahm Emanuel, quoted in San Francisco Chronicle (November 7, 2008)
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