They STILL don’t get it.
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel told Katie Couric, anchor and managing editor of the “CBS Evening News,” that he has “no doubt” the race for the late Sen. Edward Kennedy’s seat was winnable by Democrat Martha Coakley, but the White House was informed of her political peril too late…
COURIC: “Would you say you dropped the ball?”
EMANUEL: “That I, Rahm Emanuel, dropped the ball?”
COURIC: “The White House. The Democrats.”
EMANUEL: “Look, you know, I don't want to re-litigate this, but it is no doubt in my mind we could have won that race.”
Yeah, those super-smart guys—who still think you elected a Republican because you’re so mad at George W. Bush—would have had Sen. Coakley sworn in by now. After all, look at the great job they did in Virginia and New Jersey…
And how do you think our Attorney General feels about yet another smackdown from the Obama administration. Essentially Rahm is saying that Coakley ran a crappy campaign and lost a race she should have won.
Rahm, that’s no way to treat a lady. Just ask your fellow Democrat, Arlen Specter.
"The truth is something [Warren] probably prefers not to confront. Harvard doesn’t come calling just because you’re a smart lawyer and a terrific teacher — not with Warren’s modest, Oklahoma upbringing and non-Ivy League education. She is not your typical Harvard professor. At a certain point, when the law school was under pressure to promote diversity, she represented a three-fer: a great lawyer with a national profile, a woman, and a minority, at least by virtue of family lore. "
-- Joan Vennochi
