Rahm Israel Emanuel Flirts With 2028 Presidential Bid

Former Chicago mayor and Obama White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is laying the groundwork for a potential 2028 presidential campaign. Almost immediately after that news was broken by Politico, various and sundry Democrats began voicing negative reactions that ranged from exasperated boredom to outright disgust.

After wrapping up his stint as President Biden’s ambassador to Japan, Emanuel’s flurry of 2028-minded efforts have included landing a CNN contract and a highly-coveted Washington Post columnist slot, hitting the lecture circuit and racking up political podcast appearances.

In his lengthy profile, Politico‘s Jonathan Martin positively gushed over Emanuel’s resume:

There’s not another living Democrat who hasn’t already run for president who’d better grasp every dimension of the job. In fact, this side of Leon Panetta, who’s even close? Emanuel worked on campaigns, including a presidential, was a senior aide in two White Houses, did a cameo in high finance, served three terms in Congress, was a big-city mayor for eight years and then envoy to one of the world’s largest economies for nearly four. And he’s only 65...

Emanuel is perhaps most famous for pointing to the 2008 financial meltdown as an opportunity to advance the leftist agenda. “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste,' he said. “And what I mean by that [is] it’s an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before.'...

For those across the political spectrum who think US presidents cater far too much to the State of Israel, Emanuel’s family history isn’t exactly encouraging. His father, Benjamin Emanuel, was a member of the Zionist terrorist Irgun organization that used murder and the destruction of infrastructure to bring about the creation of the country. Most notoriously, Irgun carried out the 1946 bombing of the King David Hotel that killed 91 soldiers and civilians, including 28 British, 41 Arabs and 17 Jews.