DISPLAY ANGER INSTEAD OF SADNESS OR REMORSE Barack Obama’s chief of staff, former Illinois congressman Rahm Emanuel, is known for his temper. In his New Yorker portrait of Emanuel, Ryan Lizza observes: Emanuel seems to employ his volcanic moments for effect, intimidating opponents…but never quite losing himself in the midst of battle…. Greenberg [an old friend] argues that Emanuel’s antics have been integral to his success. “Understand that the caricature and the mythology have always been helpful,” Greenberg said. “Sending the [dead] fish to the pollster that he thought had failed sent a
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