Rahm Emanuel May Head for Exit

Jarrett poised to take over for chief of staff who can't make nice
By Marie Morris,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 7, 2010 10:31 AM CST
Rahm Emanuel May Head for Exit
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in October.   (AP Photo)

Rahm Emanuel’s frustration with the legislative process may lead him out of the White House, but it's not clear whether the president's volatile chief of staff will jump or be pushed. Emanuel, a former congressman, has a famously explosive temper that isn't going over well in the West Wing. Insiders tell the New York Post's Page Six that top Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett is likely to succeed him. (More Rahm Emanuel stories.)

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