Rahm Emanuel Stirs the Pot

Rahm Emanuel Stirs the Pot

Rahm Emanuel—former campaign operative, Illinois congressman, White House chief of staff, Chicago mayor, and ambassador to Japan—is likely to run for president. You don’t have to support his campaign or even like him to see that he has important ideas that Democrats must grapple with, starting with the weight the party should place on identity politics. Rahm grew up near me in Chicago but we didn’t meet until 1991, when he was already a top aide…