I couldn't hate this choice more. I think he would make a great CoS, but he needs to stay in Congress, perhaps in two years try and make a run for Majority Leader, or Speaker. I really like the guy, and think it would be smarter for him to stay in Congress, than to take a job in the White House that he will probably only keep for 2 or 3 years.
It is a little odd. A month or two ago we were all saying that Emanuel probably wouldn't accept if Blagojevich offered him Obama's Senate seat because he was better of building up seniority in the House. I'm actually mostly surprised he seems to have accepted the position.
I also don't really understand the allegation made at the beginning of the thread. The Chief of Staff is all about organizing the bureaucracy around the President; sure, Emanuel may be a huge partisan in his politics in the House (not sure I buy him being particularly more partisan than the average House member), but being in an elected position is very different from a partisan perspective from being in an appointed position.
