On MSNBC just now, Newsweek's Howard Fineman reported that -- according to Josh Marshall's sources on Capitol Hill -- Rahm Emanuel has been offered the job of chief of staff to President Obama and he intends to accept it. Fineman said you can "take that to the bank."
Now there are several degrees of separation here and Marshall himself hasn't yet written this up on Talking Points Memo, so I'm not sure I'd go that far. But we'll see what tomorrow's reports bring.
Of course, if Emanuel does accept the position, we'll have another vacant seat to fill -- via special election, not gubernatorial appointment. And that should be interesting.
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