Al Giordano:

Here’s a theorem for the coming weeks and months before President-elect Obama’s January 20, 2009 inauguration: The volume of teeth-gnashing and Chicken Little-ing from my friends and colleagues about what moves Obama makes during the transition will be inversely proportional to the amount of work they did to get him there.

Here’s why I like the news that US Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Illinois) is moving from the US House to the White House to be Obama’s chief of staff.

It puts him under the control of Obama (and David Axelrod, who now heads to Washington as senior advisor to the president).

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As for his enforcer persona, I think it’s a good message to send to all that are scheming to try and roll the Obama presidency. Obama needs somebody that Congress fears. Just listen to the Chicken Little screeching from the right wing pundits over Emanuel and you can get an idea of exactly why he’s the man for the job.