Rahm nixes 2nd term.

http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/062106/news1.html

Rahm nixes second term
By Josephine Hearn

"Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) will step down from the House Democrats’ campaign operation after the November elections to spend more time with his family, he told The Hill yesterday.

Emanuel has been a leading strategist, fundraiser, cheerleader and recruiter for House Democrats as chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) since the beginning of last year. His uncommon pairing of cunning efficiency and profanity-laced outbursts has won him both plaudits and opprobrium, but nearly all Democrats concede that he deserves substantial credit for their rosy election prospects this year.

“I served one term, and my kids are all at a certain point. They’ve had it,” Emanuel told The Hill. “I’ll do whatever the caucus wants in the sense of helping the next chairperson in any capacity, but I will not serve as chairman another cycle.” He and his wife, Amy, have three children under 10.

Although most DCCC chairmen serve only a single term, many Democrats welcomed Emanuel’s presence and held out hope he would serve a second term."

The job is high maintenance and high pressure

Dick.

On edit: This certainly means he plans on a powerful committee chair as payment for his toils and travails. It has been, after all, all abour Rahm. The needs of the rest of the nations and districts run a very distant second.

yeah right lol. Isn't this what all the Enron and WorldCom guys said? Hopefully he isn't in a scandal..

It's about what he can do for Rahm.

I don't think majority leader or whip would be out of line.