Word: emanuele
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...last month signed a four-year contract with village leaders that puts $7.7 million at their direct disposal. There is no shortage of worthy causes. The region is plagued by malaria and AIDS, and does not have enough schools or health clinics. "We have to do our part," says Emanuel Etomi, who heads Shell's sustainable-development unit in the Delta. Shareholders should be pleased, too: Etomi says winning friends is essential to safeguarding Shell's pipelines and wellheads. Indeed, oil prices soared last week after the Delta's rebels kidnapped four Shell workers and attacked three Shell facilities, shutting...
Democrats hope to keep the discontent burning. Representative Rahm Emanuel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, sent a memo to the party's House candidates around the country, urging them to "host town hall [meetings] with seniors, visit senior centers and build a higher profile explaining that the Republicans' plan for Medicare is not working...
...deficit.” Pelosi’s agenda, while not entirely new, is a part of Democratic efforts to find specific policies around which the party can coalesce. The agenda is based on a similar five-point plan unveiled in early October by Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., a member of Pelosi’s leadership team and the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. In addition to the agenda, Pelosi sought to inspire the crowd, referencing such revered figures as civil rights leaders Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks. She also repeatedly invoked former President John...
...want to have a big election next year," Emanuel told me. "Big ideas. Everything on the table." He was alluding to the party's recent tendency toward mingy, small- bore campaigns. In 2002, many Democratic consultants advised their candidates not to dispute the President on his tax cuts and plans for war in Iraq-and limited the campaign to ho-hum topics like prescription-drug plans and blaming Bush for the economic downturn without offering a remedy. As a result, the Democrats lost ground in the House and control of the Senate; and they gave up still more seats...
...gerrymandering deals, especially between white Republicans and black Democrats in the South, has increased minority representation but decreased the number of House districts where Democrats can expect to compete. A Democratic House or Senate in 2006 remains a long shot, at best. Still, it's fun to watch Rahm Emanuel in full flight, riffing at warp speed, bouncing off the walls-a Democratic operative as happy warrior for a change...