And Now It Starts

Rahm will be the yin to Obama’s yang. The hard edge that Obama needs but cannot dare to show. His own image will always be the calm, easy-going steady hand…

CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama spoke at a his first news conference as president-elect Friday afternoon.
The following is a transcript of the conference:
- the last question;
Question: Mr. President-elect, do you still intend to seek income tax increases for upper-income Americans? And if so, should these Americans expect to pay higher taxes in 2009?
Obama: The — my tax plan represented a net tax cut. It provided for substantial middle-class tax cuts; 95 percent of working Americans would receive them.
It also provided for cuts in capital gains for small businesses, additional tax credits. All of it is designed for job growth.
My priority is going to be, how do we grow the economy? How do we create more jobs?
I think that the plan that we’ve put forward is the right one, but, obviously, over the next several weeks and months, we’re going to be continuing to take a look at the data and see what’s taking place in the economy as a whole.
But, understand, the goal of my plan is to provide tax relief to families that are struggling, but also to boost the capacity of the economy to grow from the bottom up.
All right. Thank you very much, guys
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/07/obama.conference.transcript/index.html
Was the question answered ?

No, these are meant to be glamor shots of Emanuel. He looks quite good in both of them.

Making Him Do It ~ digby
excerpt
“So, everyone needs to relax a little bit about the blogosphere criticizing Obama and the Democrats. We are necessary. If all Obama has is the Villagers and the right defining what change means, then those are the parameters within which he will have to operate. He needs us to “make him do it.”
“I’m sorry if that’s a buzzkill, but things move fast in politics and there’s no time to waste. The mandate is being defined as we speak. We can’t just sit back and bask in our glory while the villagers are busily narrowing Obama’s options.”
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/making-him-do-it-by-digby-i-was-reading.html

nelle, that was my immediate impression as well, although oddly enough I didn’t consciously make the “moor” connection until I read your comment. It could be that the implied relationship runs deeper than the superficial characteristics. Some might see a Jesus and Judas relationship.
I am more surprised that they “walked back” the image than that the image ran in the first place. That means that someone made a decision about the message who wasn’t involved in creating the message in the first place. Or something.