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Emanuel leads charge for Dems
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At Manny's, the no-frills corn beef palace off Roosevelt Road,
Rep. Rahm Emanuel, who runs the House Democratic political
operation, is eating lunch with his top adviser, David Axelrod, the
media strategist.
"Are you out of your freaking mind?" Emanuel says.
This is the way Axelrod relates the story. Axelrod is doing the
ads for Tammy Duckworth's high-profile, hotly contested House race,
a priority for Emanuel. This was two weeks ago, and Republicans were
attacking Duckworth ...
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