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Divided We Stand

Divided We Stand
New book about the 2020 election.

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Filling Gaps in the White House Website, Part 7

At a Christian Science Monitor breakfast (transcript here but not on White House website), chief of staff Rahm Emanuel got a question about the movites of those opposing the health care public option:

RE: There’s no part in which I can say something off the record, is there? What are the rules?

DAVE COOK: I can’t bind 40 reporters [inaudible] We can’t go off –

RE: Because I was going to say something as a joke, but I can’t – [laughter] I’ll have to wait for Thursday night open mic night. It dealt with the motive part. We’ll just leave it at that.