Rarely has a glowing, front-page profile in a leading daily newspaper been so controversial.  The President’s Chief of Staff got the full treatment today, as his allies let it be known that he is the only voice of reason in a White House that is struggling to remain relevant.

It was Rahm who said that the Democrats should have gone small on health care.  It was Rahm who said that the Administration would need help from Senate Republicans to close Guantanamo Bay.  It was Rahm who said that the Democrats would have to ditch the public option.  It was Rahm who said that the President wasn’t the Messiah, but just another guy who needed to get some solid accomplishments done before his team faced the voters.

If Rahm was right, guess who was wrong?  Yep, the President.  Oops!

But the President wasn’t only one who was wrong.

Nancy Pelosi has been wrong not to dump Charlie Rangel.  That is not my opinion.  That is the opinion of about 100 Democrats who will break ranks any day and vote to strip the Chairman of his Chairmanship.  Wonder how the CBC will react to that one?  Probably not very nicely.  Read more...