“White House Chief of Staff” on The Daily Caller

Rahm Emanuel gave an emotional goodbye speech at the White House Friday, in an unusually elevated setting for a top administration aide that drew immediate criticism from conservatives and liberals. (more)

Few people outside Washington, and not many inside, have heard the name Pete Rouse. The man President Obama will name as his interim White House chief of staff on Friday is a quiet political player who avoids the spotlight. He does not suit up for the Sunday talk shows; there are no stories about him reducing staff members to tears for their slip-ups. (more)

So just how much is White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel worth? (more)

During a health-care speech in the East Room of the White House yesterday, President Obama took a swat at a pesky, speech-interrupting fly, garnering a laugh from his audience in the process.  He then noted that the crowd had “seen me grab one of those before.” Indeed,  Tuesday was hardly the first time that a fly has interrupted the president, and it likely won’t be the last. (more)

Like most of us, I normally ignore or delete the many e-mails of jokes, partisan trivia and the like often forwarded to me. However, I found one such recent e-mail, which included a White House photo, especially troubling. (more)

White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, the administration’s most feared and fascinating personality, is fending off questions about just how long he will remain in his draining job — and whether his next gig will be in Washington or back in Chicago, perhaps as Mr. Mayor. (more)