Obama Picks Chief of Staff, Kerry Wants In

President-elect Barack Obama has selected Illinois Representative Rahm Emanuel as his Chief of Staff, reports say. Emanuel was an adviser to the Clinton administration. Our favorite Nantucket-rockin' senator, John Kerry, apparently wants to be the new Condoleezza Rice. John Podesta, Pete Rouse, and Valerie Jarrett are expected to be major players in Obama's transition to the presidency. No word on where Deval might fit in.

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