MAYBE RAHM EMANUEL ISN'T SO BAD AFTER ALL

I was listening to Morning Edition and Emanuel was interviewed¹ about Fredo's last year (yay!!!). I LOVED this exchange:

INSKEEP: Given the economic conditions, does the president have a chance to extend his tax cuts from 2001?

Rep. EMANUEL: No.

INSKEEP: It will not come up for a vote in the House?

Rep. EMANUEL: Listen. He left us and left this country with $4 trillion in new debt after being handed off a surplus. But we were adamant in negotiations about - on the stimulus, that the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts would not be even discussed as being made permanent. And that's something the next president and the next Congress will decide.

You can't get the finality of that "No" from the transcript but you can hear it on the audio clip.

¹National Public Radio (NPR)
January 28, 2008 Monday
SHOW: Morning Edition 10:00 AM EST
Congress, Bush Must 'Look at What's Doable'
ANCHORS: STEVE INSKEEP
LENGTH: 1001 words