It's Rahmbo vs. the Obamanator. At least that's the chatter that's getting louder by the minute in Washington.
A series of columns and in-depth press reports over the past few weeks has hinted at such a slugfest, and the talk is bound to dog the White House for quite a while, especially if there's any truth to it.
The storyline goes something like this: White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel knows best ... the rest of the administration isn't listening ... and he is at his wit's end trying to convince President Obama and his Chicago buddies to dial back their ambitions for the sake of the president's agenda and political harmony.
On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was compelled for the first time to respond to the chatter. He said the president "absolutely" has confidence in his chief of staff, and he dismissed speculation of a rift between the two as part of the usual lineup of Washington "parlor games" -- which he suggested were being played out of sheer boredom in the vacuum of the football off-season.
"Anybody that works in or around this building knows that there's nobody working harder on passing the president's agenda than the chief of staff," Gibbs said. - FOX News Story
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