Rahm Emmanuel- Obama's First Pick is Crappy

1) Supports NAFTA and other free trade agreements with little interest as to if they ensure worker's rights and/or environmental protections.

2) Has a hawkish stance on foreign policy, and is a hardliner in his refusal to criticize Israel. [In July 2006, Emanuel was one of several members who called for the cancellation of a speech to Congress by visiting Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki because al-Maliki had criticized Israel's bombing of Lebanon.]

3) Is most famous for being the leading force behind poll-based triangulation in his leadership of legislation for the House Democratic caucus.

4) He ridiculed Howard Dean's 50-State strategy, showing a short-sighted preference of immediate electoral victory over long-term movement building.