Tell them like you see them Rahm.
Former Clinton aide and ex-Chicago Congressman Rahm Emanuel can't take his political hat off despite his new and broader role as chief of staff to President Obama. Case in point: Today he was asked about the woes of the Republican Party, and he blamed the GOP for failing to change strategies after losing two elections in a row. Saying that the Republicans are at their lowest point in two decades, he expressed surprise that they haven't reversed course and started to produce new ideas or significant policy alternatives to the Democrats. Normally, he said, parties rebound after losing back-to-back elections, because they shift strategies. "Usually, you rebound. You don't go lower," he bellowed at a Christian Science Monitor newsmaker breakfast. "Usually, they change." He blamed the party's defense of the status quo on issues like healthcare and also the reduction of moderate voices for its plight. "They went from a national party to a regional party," he said.
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