The Thumpin':
How Rahm Emanuel and the Democrats Learned to Be Ruthless and Ended the Republican Revolution,
by Naftali Bendavid
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Free Trade
Rahm Emanuel: Pushed through the NAFTA treaty.
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Principles & Values
George W. Bush: 2005: I earned political capital, & now I intend to spend it.
Nancy Pelosi: Prefers "Italian grandmother" to "San Francisco liberal".
Rahm Emanuel: Political fundraiser & strategist, before running for House.
Rahm Emanuel: Ran the Dems' DCCC House campaign after 2004 electoral loss.
Rahm Emanuel: 2004: Planned four-year process to recapture House for Dems.
Rahm Emanuel: Three pre-teen children: Zachariah, Ilana, and Leah.
Tom Daschle: Defeated in 2004 as part of wider Republican victory.
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The above quotations are from The Thumpin':
How Rahm Emanuel and the Democrats Learned to Be Ruthless and Ended the Republican Revolution,
by Naftali Bendavid.
Books by and about Cabinet Members:
- Between Worlds, by Gov. Bill Richardson, Secretary of Commerce-designee
- Critical: What We Can Do About the Health Care Crisis, by Sen. Tom Daschle, Secretary of Health & Human Services-designee
- Dreams from My Father:, by Sen. Barack Obama, President-elect
- It Takes A Village, by Sen. Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State-designee
- Leading by Example, by Gov. Bill Richardson, Secretary of Commerce-designee
- Like No Other Time: The Two Years That Changed America, by Sen. Tom Daschle, Secretary of Health & Human Services-designee
- Living History, by Sen. Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State-designee
- Profiles In Courage, by John F. Kennedy
- Profiles In Courage For Our Time, by Caroline Kennedy, including chapter on Rep. Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor-designee
- Promises to Keep, by Sen. Joe Biden, Vice President-elect
- The Audacity of Hope, by Sen. Barack Obama, President-elect
- No Higher Honor, by Condoleezza Rice (2011)
- My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me, by Condoleezza Rice (2012)
- The Plan: Big Ideas for Change in America, by Rahm Emanuel
- The Thumpin': How Rahm Emanuel and the Democrats Learned to Be Ruthless, by Naftali Bendavid; profiling Rep. Emanuel, White House Chief of Staff
- For the Record, by Treasury Secretary Donald T. Regan
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