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Tnrtv: Fairbanks On Rahm Emanuel, House Mafioso, As Obama's Chief Of Staff

TNR associate editor Eve Fairbanks takes issue with today's report that Obama will select House bruiser Rahm Emanuel as Chief of Staff: why Obama doesn't want a "yes man," where GOP charges of Emanuel partisanship fall short, and how the "Tony Soprano" of congress would run things in the White House.

--Ben Eisler