Is politics most famous bromance over?
Rahm Emanuel may call the Telegraph’s report that he’s resigning as Chief of Staff “B.S.,” but the Washington Post points out that the departure of one of Emanuel’s top aides is a harbinger of his own exit. The Telegraph reported this morning that Emanuel, the president’s right-hand man, planned to resign by the end of the year. The paper cites the two men’s divergent views on healthcare (Emanuel’s equally successful brother, Zeke, has been a longtime advocate of reform) and general burnout as the main reasons for an early departure. We would hate to see politics’ greatest bromance dissolve — they have an almost sibling-like dynamic marked by a near-total lack of deference or formality — but despite his rebuttal, Emanuel has made it clear from the get-go that he had no intention of staying longer than two years. He was notoriously resistant to accepting the high-pressure position in the first place (he had aspired to be Speaker of the House) and with three young children, a desire to s
