Interesting piece in this week’s The New Yorker on Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s Chief of Staff.
Emanuel, for his part, seemed indifferent both to the praise in Washington and to the oddball critique from Havana. In a few hours, he would be leaving for a ski trip with his family to Park City, Utah, and he was anxious to get out of the White House and start the weekend. Asked about Castro’s article, he said, “Well, you know, ever since I stopped sending him my holiday card he’s been ticked off. I don’t know what to think about it. Do you know what I’m thinking about? I’m going to finally get to see my kids after a month. So that’s all I give a fuck about.”
Sounds like my kinda guy, particularly the part about being borderline OCD when it comes to cleanliness and order.
Here’s hoping someone profiles Peter Orszag someday soon. He’s the new Director of the Office of Management and Budget who’s been described by multiple outlets as “unusually impressive” for a political operative. My guess is that, assuming Obama is serious about all this fixing the deficit stuff, Orszag will play a prominent role in this new administration.
