In American politics, there is a small group of leaders who are – to borrow a term from Hollywood – producers of successes. Everything they touch seems to turn to gold.
There is perhaps no better example of this in Rahm Emanuel’s democratic politics. For those who need a refresher, Rahm is a former adviser to Bill Clinton, became a congressman from Illinois, became president of the DCCC, became chief of staff to Barack Obama, became mayor of Chicago… and is currently Joe Biden’s ambassador to Japan.
