president s chief of staff, rahm emanuel, is leaving. in about an hour, president obama will make that announcement official. the man who s been his chief adviser and chief hatchet man for the past 21 months leaving to run for mayor of chicago. emanuel will be replaced by peter rouse, the president s long-time confidant whose demeanor is more like obama himself. calmer, quieter. christina belatoni senior reporter with talking points memo. good morning to both of you. good morning, chris. he didn t get the nickname for nothing. he had this take no prisoners type of attitude. he sent a dead fish to someone he was unhappy with when he got some bad news. david, what do you think this really means for the white house and what does this mean for the american people? liberals really don t like rahm emanuel and they see him as the fellow who s pushed obama to negotiate more than he ought to have with the republicans who are leading towards the tea party. but i don t blame a hor