Rahm's Revenge
Rahm Emanuel will do just about anything to win, Naftali Bendavid makes clear in his piercing profile of the congressman in Sunday's Chicago Tribune. Bendavid and photographer Pete Souza followed Emanuel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, for a year as he pieced together this year's Democratic conquest of Capitol Hill. "The House that Rahm Built" is full of wonderful behind-the-scenes glimpses of Emanuel while he cajoled candidates, intimidated opponents and cursed his way around the country, seeking revenge for 12 years of GOP congressional rule. The result is a lively portrait of a former ballet student who may just be the toughest man in Washington.