Almost exactly four years ago, I sat in Rahm Emanuel's office, asking him about the Democrats' chances of taking control of the House of Representatives for a film I was making about the 2006 election, HouseQuake. He was stressed out, and it showed. Even as the camera rolled, he rubbed his eyes and head vigorously and described the trials and the intensity of this 24-7 job that he had taken on -- that of Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman. It seemed like a thankless and rather impossible task at the time: help bring Democrats out of their collective funk after six years of George W. Bush and so many failed efforts across all three branches of government; convince Democratic candidates to run in Republican stronghold districts; and teach them, one by one, how to carry a winning message and raise...
- 5/12/2010
- by Karen Elizabeth Price
- Huffington Post
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