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Dow Jones Newswires A N TERRENCE ANTONIO JAMES/ A new book about the Obama White House is gaining at- U A TRIBUNE FILE tention for some explosive exchanges between the east and RY west wings, including tension between Michelle Obama and 10 , her husband’s first chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, and an ex- 20 pletive-laced scene in which former press secretary Robert 12 Gibbs loses his temper over complaints about how he han- dled an issue concerning the first lady. Taken as a whole, however, the 330 pages of “The Obamas” by New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor leaves the impres- sion of a first lady who is much more influential than the public has known and a President Obama who seems at times more enamored with the idea of having been president than with actually being president. Here are excerpts, as reported by Kantor. Michelle Obama on her role in the White House: “I DON’T WANT TO BE HILLARY WHITE HOUSE CLINTON. I CAN’T BE THAT PERSON.” SHOWDOWNS Close Obama friend Marty Nesbitt on the president’s aspirations after office: Marty Nesbitt says the president has told him he will be able to NEW BOOK PAINTS UNFLATTERING PICTURE accomplish a lot after leaving office “because he would finally be free of politics.” OF EMANUEL’S INTERACTIONS WITH THE OBAMAS Former press secretary Robert Gibbs on Chicago Tribune Emanuel, however, had learned lessons during his time aide Valerie Jarrett: A new book paints Mayor Emanuel as an often divisive in President Bill Clinton’s White House: “Avoid symbolic “Her viewpoint in advising the White House chief of staff who pushed pragmatism over issues and ideological battles.” Hillary Clinton also taught president is that she has to be rigid policy ideals and sought to avoid first lady Michelle him another one: “Stay out of the first lady’s way.” Obama. Emanuel did not always appear to heed that when it came up and the rest of the White Washington politics tends to require meticulous plan- to Michelle Obama. There were occasions when he’d make ning, but Emanuel appeared to be winging it—focusing on a commitment on the first lady’s behalf without consulting House has to be down.” day-to-day concerns at the expense of the long-term, ac- her first. cording to a new book by New York Times reporter Jodi The first lady also had her doubts about Emanuel. The Kantor. two were philosophical and temperamental contrasts who President Obama on Michelle Obama’s There was no set agenda during Emanuel’s 7:30 a.m. had almost no bond, Kantor writes, and their relationship assessment of his complex push for a meetings for top staffers, according to Kantor, who wrote was “distant and awkward from the beginning.” universal health care bill: that, “it often seemed driven by what was in the newspaper Asked Monday about the book’s accounts, Emanuel said: “SHE FEELS that morning.” “I have a very good relationship with the president and the “Even Emanuel’s allies admitted his style was scattered: first lady.” ‘schizophrenia’ as one said. His philosophy was to put a Emanuel recounted that he and his wife, Amy Rule, at- AS IF OUR ‘point on the board’ meaning some small advance or victory, tended a private party at the White House residence a few each day, to eventually win the match,” Kantor writes. weeks ago. And in October, during a visit to Chicago, Mi- RUDDER ISN’T The book’s portrayal of Emanuel stands in contrast to the chelle Obama helped promote Emanuel’s effort to reduce controlled and calibrated image he has tried to project in his “food deserts,” areas lacking access to fresh produce and opening months as mayor. grocery stores. SET RIGHT.” One of President Obama’s first major decisions was tap- “I talked to the president on Saturday,” Emanuel said at ping Emanuel as chief of staff. Unlike his boss, Emanuel was an unrelated news conference. “I’ve been very honored to combative, unafraid to push or even insult, Kantor writes. work with the president and the first lady as chief of staff.” 4 E Y E D E R l 2 01 2 0, 1 Y R A U N A J Y, A D S E U T 5 NEW YEAR, R E NEW RCN D E Y E l T U E S D A Y , J A N U A R Y 10 , 2 0 12 RCN is ringing in 2012 with big changes. 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A D ES POLITICS U T CHICAGO ALDERMEN FOLLOW S O T THEIR COMMUNITIES— O H P ON TO TWITTER, LE FI E NATURALLY UN B RI T Ald. Roderick Sawyer (6th) Handle: @6thWardChicago Tweets: More than 430 Followers: More than 320 Joined: April 8, 2011 Tweets on average: 1.6 times per day Weapon of choice: BlackBerry “Our goal has definitely been to be more interac- tive. We wanted to broaden the community’s ability to contact the office, which means more than tradition- al office hours—it’s meeting the people where they are.” —Brian Sleet, Sawyer’s chief of staff By Kalyn Belsha “I received lots of responses from that,” In addition to Mayor Emanuel’s @rahm FOR REDEYE said Fioretti, a Twitter user who, like the other emanuel handle, aldermen in 29 of the city’s 50 It wasn’t what the Lady Gagas and the Jimmy Fallons of the Twitter 49 aldermen in Chicago, is responsible for wards have Twitter accounts, according to a Red world see when they tweet, but it was a response nonetheless. looking after the interests of his neighborhood Eye review, although each varies in how frequent and voting on ordinances and other matters ly he or she posts. A team of researchers at the Il “Just saw @FiorettiChicago with a can of spray paint covering graffiti pertaining to the City Council. “It just shows linois Institute of Technology is even studying the on Halsted. He said it was faster if he did it himself. Awesome.” the depth and breadth and expanse of using habits of Chicago’s political bigwigs. those accounts.” “They don’t get it,” Ald. Joe Moreno (1st) said So tweeted one resident about Robert Fioretti, alderman of the 2nd With more than 100 million users and grow of his colleagues who don’t use the microblog Ward, when he saw the Chicago politician taking a neighborhood ing, it’s no secret that people from all walks of ging service. “It takes effort and I think [the life are flocking to Twitter for this, that and the City Council is] way, way, way behind the curve. problem into his own hands one night in October. The feedback—like other. But the Chicago City Council? There is no reason not to have it.” everything on the site—was swift. You betcha. Moreno and Fioretti are far and away the 7 R E D E Y E l T U E S D A Y , J A N U A R Y 10 , 2 0 12 Ald. Robert Fioretti (2nd) Handle: @FiorettiChicago Tweets: More than 5,400 Ald. Jason Ervin (28th) Followers: More than 1,900 Handle: @AldermanErvin Joined: Sept. 27, 2010 Tweets: More than 370 Tweets on average: 11.6 times per day Ald. Joe Moreno (1st) Followers: More than 920 Weapon of choice: BlackBerry Handle: @Alderman_Moreno Joined: Jan. 24, 2011 “It’s not time-consuming at Tweets: More than 2,900 Tweets on average: 1.1 times per day Followers: More than 2,000 Weapon of choice: Android all. It’s immediate and direct Joined: April 9, 2010 “The community is very and people respond right Tweets on average: 4.6 times per day diverse. It’s definitely away. I find a lot of the peo- Weapon of choice: iPhone ple in my ward use it and it’s “It’s not a toy, it’s a tool. part of the strategy to a good way to stay in touch But you need to use it ef- reach out to as many with them. It’s a good way fectively. Face-to-face will people as possible.” of just being accessible and never be replaced.” reachable.” —Ald. Moreno —TyJuan Cratic, a spokesman for Ervin who helps with —Ald. Fioretti the alderman’s Twitter account most active aldermen on Twitter, according the North Side—but others represent tra THE TWEET SCIENCE to the IIT study led by Libby Hemphill, an ditionally less digitally connected wards on According to data collected by the Illinois Institute of Technology over 142 days since June assistant professor. Going down the line, the South and West sides. (June 14 to Sept. 30 and Oct. 14 to Nov. 17): Alds. Daniel Solis (25th), Jason Ervin (28th) By tracking tweets and retweets, Hemp » The aldermen most likely to be mentioned or talked to on Twitter: and Ameya Pawar (47th) are the next most hill and her team are looking for patterns in likely aldermen to be talked to or about on the kinds of information aldermen share on Twitter. Twitter and how they engage with other us The ones most likely to name drop or talk ers. to others? Fioretti and Moreno lead the pack Of the 29 aldermen who have Twitter ac Moreno Fioretti Solis Ervin Pawar there too, followed by Alds. Ervin, Brendan counts, just seven tweet on average once or Reilly (42nd) and Roderick Sawyer (6th). more per day and three have protected ac » The aldermen most likely to mention or » Aldermen from Chicago mention one an- Some of the most active aldermen repre counts. talk to others on Twitter: Fioretti, Moreno, other on Twitter occasionally, but not nearly Ervin, Reilly, Sawyer. as often as congressional representatives. sent wards you’d expect—downtown and on KALYN BELSHA IS A REDEYE SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR. 8 E Y E D E R l 2 01 2 Discover A 0, 1 Y R A New Career U N A J Y, A D S E Education in U T Massage Therapy and Acupuncture Explore Careers in Acupuncture, Visit Our On-Campus Clinic Oriental Medicine, and Massage Experiencethemedicinefirsthand: •AttendFull or Part-timeforyour Acupuncturetreatment,$35 Master’s, Bachelor’s, or Masagetherapysession,$35 Associate’sdegree For More Information: •Hands-onTraining • Day and EveningCourses 1-888-729-4811 •FinancialAid(forthosewhoqualify) •LearnfromIndustryProfessionals •AccreditedbyACCSCandACAOM 65 East Wacker Place, 21st Floor•Chicago, IL 60601•www.PacificCollege.edu/disclosures Truth in Numbers 105 505 $ , Getittogether—andgetrichlycompensated.Withanaverage salaryinthesixfigures,becomingacertifiedprojectmanagerjust makesgoodeconomicsense.Earnyourcredentialsinonlyfive daysatLoyola’sconvenientWaterTowerCampus. 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