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Obama's Communications Director on Diet Coke, Pundits, and What's Next
Q: What are the chances of Rahm Emmanuel [pugnacious Congressman from Illinois] coming to the White House in some capacity for Barack Obama?
You’re going to have to ask him.
Q: Oh, I have.
[Both laugh]
And I would never contradict him, he’s my wife’s boss.
Q: That’s one of the reasons I asked.
I will stand by whatever the Congressman said about this.
Q: What’s the first non-political thing you have planned? For tomorrow?
The first non-political thing I have planned…oh, my younger brother gets married on Saturday.
Q: Well, congratulations to him.
He picked the date when it seemed less than likely when Barack Obama would be the Democratic nominee and I would have to go the wedding four days after the election.
Q: And what best prepared you for this experience, do you think, either professionally or personally, what made it able for you to get through this?
Having been through three elections in my life, all decided by less than one percent of the vote.
Q: Right. That’s true of as a country, sort of...
I worked on two Senate races in South Dakota that were decided by 525 votes and another 4,000 and having worked on the Gore campaign.
Q: In what way did that prepare you exactly?
It gives you a sense of patience for the ups and downs of the high pressure moments of the campaign.
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