Rahm Emanuel mulling bid to steer DNC in wake of disastrous election night for Dems

President Biden's U.S. ambassador to Japan and a longtime Democrat operative is considering a tally for seat of the Democratic National Committee, 2 sources successful the DNC orbit corroborate to Fox News. 

The sources archer Fox News that Rahm Emanuel has been softly reaching retired to DNC committee members arsenic helium contemplates a bid to win existent the chair, Jaimie Harrison – whose word is up aboriginal adjacent year. Harrison is improbable to question a 2nd four-year posting successful the aftermath of past week’s precise disappointing election results for the Democrats, up and down the ballot.

Emanuel, a seasoned of President Bill Clinton’s administration, went connected to service successful Congress and steered the DCCC during its precise palmy 2006 cycle. He aboriginal served arsenic erstwhile President Obama’s Chief of Staff earlier winning the 2011 predetermination and 2015 re-election arsenic Chicago mayor. Emanuel has served these past 4 years arsenic U.S. ambassador to Japan during the Biden administration.

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U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel speaks to media aft gathering with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa astatine the overseas ministry successful Tokyo, connected Nov. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool, File)

Emanuel appears to person a large advocator successful seasoned Democratic strategist David Axelrod (the governmental mastermind down Obama’s 2008 White House triumph and 2012 re-election win), who is simply a person of his.

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"If they said, 'Well, what should we do? Who should pb the party?' I would instrumentality Ambassador Rahm Emanuel, and I would bring him backmost from Japan, and I would name him president of the Democratic National Committee," Axelrod said connected Tuesday during his podcast, "Hacks connected Tap."

On Wednesday, Axelrod wrote connected X that "Dems request a beardown and strategical enactment leader, with wide acquisition successful comms; fundraising and winning elections. One thought I surfaced connected @HacksonTap: Ambassador @RahmEmanuel. There whitethorn beryllium others but helium is benignant of sui genesis: Dude knows however to combat and win!"

But it's acold from certain, if Emanuel goes up with a bid to seat the DNC, that helium would beryllium good received by others.

U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, speaks during his sojourn to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ F-35 combatant pitchy last assembly and inspection works successful Toyoyama, Aichi prefecture, occidental Japan, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (U.S. Embassy via AP)

One DNC insider, who asked to stay anonymous, told Fox News Digital, "Rahm is nary uncertainty talented. But we request to cognize what we request to bash to determination guardant arsenic a party. We request caller blood. We request modernization. We request idiosyncratic who understands the vastly changed caller media landscape, and who is consenting to put successful it. Don’t cognize that Rahm fits the measure for that."

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Another DNC insider, who besides asked for anonymity, was overmuch much blunt, arguing successful a remark to Fox News Digital that "the perfectly past idiosyncratic we request starring america is an arrogant elitist that has ne'er worked a time successful his life."

The quality regarding Emanuel was archetypal reported earlier Friday by Axios.