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...relationship between Emanuel and Pelosi, friendly but never warm, is fraught with intrigue. Leaders of the House's black and Hispanic caucuses recently got so fed up with Emanuel over his reluctance to hire minority consultants for the fall campaign that they appealed to Pelosi to intervene, and she is working on brokering a truce. Still, Emanuel and Pelosi have come together to try to persuade Dean to stop spending so much money--for consultants and an average of four organizers and communicators in each of the 50 states. Pelosi and Emanuel want to do what the Republican National Committee...
...thing is, come August, September, October, this is a resources game," Emanuel told TIME late one night after a day of West Coast fund raising. He was a bit more direct after a recent meeting he had with Dean to discuss the matter. Emanuel cursed and stormed out to go to the floor and vote, according to witnesses. "I wish the Democratic divisions could go away," Pelosi said when asked about the Dean dispute. "There's so much at stake here...
...that strategy runs counter to the highly tactical approach that Emanuel has pursued, which is to pick winnable districts and candidates who can win them. Looking to beat popular G.O.P. incumbents, Emanuel has sought out people who break the mold of the white male state legislators who generally run for Congress. He has enough female candidates running in key races that if the Democrats take over, there's sure to be a spate of Year of the Woman stories...
Heath Shuler, an ex-NFL quarterback who lives in North Carolina, resisted Emanuel's entreaties because, Shuler said, he was worried that a race would stop him from spending time with his family. Emanuel started barraging Shuler with several phone calls a day last summer, leaving messages like, "Heath, Rahm. I'm taking my kids to day care." The implication: You can do it too. Shuler signed up for the race, and polls show he's already even with Republican Charles Taylor in the Asheville district. Emanuel's army includes a sheriff, a former FBI agent and several Iraq...
Each week the DCCC brands one congressional Republican the "Rubber Stamp of the Week," to mock fervent support for President Bush, and holds a conference call with reporters in the member's district to hammer the point home. "Our rapid-response operation is presidential timber," Emanuel brags...