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Accomplishments, he would walk away. no way he didn't come in here and get the job done. >> pete rouse who would replace on an interim basis and let me play what rahm emanuel has to say on his way out the door and back to chicago. >> rahm emanuel such a big personality with strong, i suspected that he's been really out of the mold as far as white house chief of staffs are considered. could he find someone who could help carve a more conciliatory path and a better working relationship with both democrats and republicans. so, i think the first and most important thing would be somebody who would...

Andy carr will be up on the show and he thinks that that is the case because ralm emanuel would give the president a push back and he doesn't think that is pete rouse style to do so. bill clinton ran as a cent tryst and he did well moving to the left. president obama ran as a liberal and won the election. he ran as a liberal and wanted to close guantanamo bay and do more with health care and ralm emanuel got the public option yanked out of the health care bill. if he moves toward his political roots. it seems obvious. >> ralm emanuel as you suggested is the guy who cuts the deal and rouse sits...

Particularly everything at the white house. >> and talking to some senior officials, this is on an interim basis. he certainly didn't lobby for the job, but they won't start the proverbial search today. he already had been working for several months on a transition plan. they know there are going to be so many people who will leave the west wing in the coming months. this turnover is expected, and he's really been the architect of putting the new team in place. >> let's tell you a bet about pete rouse. he was chief of stas. as a u.s. senator, pete rouse was the chief of staff for tom daschle. ...

Loomed. a long-time chief of staff to senator daschle before barack obama and really knows the inside game. but, look, if rahm emanuel was the right chief of staff for the first two years or year and a half of the obama administration when they had control of congress and they could do big legislative things and he was the person who drove that through, it may be that pete rouse is the right person for what is likely to be a very different atmosphere in washington after the midterm elections when they very possibly may be dealing with the republican-controlled congress. they're not going to be...

President's chief of staff, rahm emanuel, is leaving. in about an hour, president obama will make that announcement official. the man who's been his chief adviser and chief hatchet man for the past 21 months leaving to run for mayor of chicago. emanuel will be replaced by peter rouse, the president's long-time confidant whose demeanor is more like obama himself. calmer, quieter. christina belatoni senior reporter with talking points memo. good morning to both of you. >> good morning, chris. >> he didn't get the nickname for nothing. he had this take no prisoners type of attitude. he sent a dea...