The Atlantic Wire - White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is reportedly planning
to leave his position this week to return to Chicago, where he is
expected to run for mayor. Last week, several sources reported
that Emanuel would leave before the November elections. His
long-discussed departure is no surprise, but the timing is unusual.
Though economic advisers Larry Summers and Christina Romers both
announced their retirements in recent months, they have little role in
the upcoming elections, in which Emanuel would have played a crucial
role had he stayed on. So why is he leaving so suddenly?
