“Rahm is a doer, and he gets it done come hell or high water, and sometimes he steps on a lot of people to get it done. But he’s gonna take the hill. And that’s a good quality,” says Panetta, “but the best way to deal with that is to make sure that you keep your arms around him, so that he doesn’t just feel that he can do anything he wants on his own.” Panetta also persuaded Clinton to keep Stephanopoulos. “I saw in George the ability to provide some really good political advice.”
