BU Now » Rahm Emanuel http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 White House after Rahm http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/10/01/white-house-after-rahm/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/10/01/white-house-after-rahm/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:55:22 +0000 Jo Breiner http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=6991 President Obama announced that Rahm Emanuel, his chief of staff, is leaving the office to run for mayor of Chicago. Political Science department chair Graham Wilson comments on the move.

“This may be unkind, but it is tempting to link Emanuel to two crucial strategic errors – the belief that compromise and cooperation with the Republicans was possible, and a concentration on an ‘inside the Beltway’ strategy rather than working to maintain the enthusiasm and mobilzation of 2008.”

Contact Graham Wilson, 617,353,2540, gkwilson@bu.edu

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