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Congressman Rahm Emanuel boasts that ?patience ain?t a virtue in my book,? and that's especially clear when the feisty Democrat from Illinois is trying to recruit candidates to run in November's mid-term elections. Last summer, for instance, when Emanuel tried to convince Heath Shuler, former star quarterback at the University of Tennessee, to run for Congress from his native North Carolina, he had to make a hard sell. Shuler said he was worried he wouldn?t get enough time with his two young children if he was constantly shuttling back and forth from Capitol Hill...
...still down in the polls,it won?t be easy: the Democrats need to capture 15 seats to control the House and six to win the Senate, and the party has lost ground in the last two congressional elections. But if anyone can pull it off, it's probably Emanuel, head of the Democratic campaign committee, and his Senate counterpart, Chuck Schumer, of New York. ?These are the two most aggressive campaign committee chairman in modern American history,? said Larry Sabato, a University of Virginia political science professor...
...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...