Editing Rahm Emanuel (section)

==Political staffer career==
Emanuel began his political career with the [[public interest]] and [[consumer rights]] organization Illinois Public Action.<ref name="RahmHouseBio">{{cite web|url=http://www.house.gov/emanuel/aboutrahm.shtml|title=About Rahm|access-date=December 9, 2008|year=2007|work=Congressman Rahm Emanuel|publisher=[[United States House of Representatives]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731215256/http://www.house.gov/emanuel/aboutrahm.shtml|archive-date=July 31, 2008}}</ref> He went on to serve in a number of capacities in local and national politics, initially specializing in fund-raising for Illinois campaigns, and then nationally.<ref name="RahmJVL">{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/emanuel.html|title=Rahm Emanuel|access-date=December 9, 2008|year=2008|encyclopedia=[[Jewish Virtual Library]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080904212231/http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/emanuel.html|archive-date=September 4, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> Emanuel worked for Democrat [[Paul Simon (politician)|Paul Simon]]'s [[United States Senate election in Illinois, 1984|1984 election]] to the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7702408.stm|title=Profile: Rahm Emanuel|date=November 7, 2008|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=June 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928194328/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7702408.stm|archive-date=September 28, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> He also worked as the national campaign director for the [[Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee]] in [[1988 United States House of Representatives elections|1988]], and was senior advisor and chief fund-raiser for [[Richard M. Daley]]'s successful initial campaign for [[mayor of Chicago]], in [[1989 Chicago mayoral special election|1989]].<ref name="RahmHouseBio" /> He subsequently worked for Illinois Attorney General [[Neil Hartigan]], conducting opposition research for his [[1990 Illinois gubernatorial election|1990 gubernatorial campaign]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grieve |first=Jack |date=October 4, 2023 |title=Crain's 40 Under 40 event returns with Rahm Emanuel as speaker |url=https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-events/rahm-emanuel-speak-crains-40-under-40-event}}</ref>

At the start of then-[[Arkansas Governor]] [[Bill Clinton]]'s [[Bill Clinton presidential campaign, 1992|presidential primary campaign]], Emanuel was appointed to direct the campaign's finance committee.<ref name="RahmJVL" /> Emanuel insisted that Clinton schedule time for fund-raising and delay campaigning in [[New Hampshire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/10-craziest-rahm-emanuel-momentsfacts-2011-2|title=10 Craziest Rahm Emanuel Moments/Facts|publisher=businessinsider.com|date=February 24, 2011|access-date=June 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520092527/http://www.businessinsider.com/10-craziest-rahm-emanuel-momentsfacts-2011-2|archive-date=May 20, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Clinton embarked on an aggressive national fund-raising campaign that allowed the campaign to keep buying television time as attacks on Clinton's character threatened to swamp the campaign during the [[New Hampshire primary]]. Clinton's primary rival, [[Paul Tsongas]] (the New Hampshire Democratic primary winner), later withdrew, citing a lack of campaign funds.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/20/us/1992-campaign-primaries-tsongas-abandons-campaign-leaving-clinton-clear-path.html|title=The 1992 Campaign: Primaries; Tsongas Abandons Campaign, Leaving Clinton a Clear Path toward Showdown with Bush|first=Robin|last=Toner|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 20, 1992|access-date=February 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003090852/http://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/20/us/1992-campaign-primaries-tsongas-abandons-campaign-leaving-clinton-clear-path.html|archive-date=October 3, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Richard Mintz, a Washington public relations consultant who worked with Emanuel on the campaign, spoke about the soundness of the idea: "It was that [extra] million dollars that really allowed the campaign to withstand the storm we had to ride out in New Hampshire [over Clinton's relationship with [[Gennifer Flowers]] and the controversy over his [[conscription|draft]] status during the [[Vietnam War]]]." Emanuel's knowledge of the top donors in the country, and his rapport with "heavily Jewish" donors helped Clinton amass a then-unheard-of sum of $72 million.<ref name="newest">{{cite news|access-date=June 2, 2007|url=http://www.ujc.org/content_display.html?ArticleID=68298|title=Newest Jewish U.S. Representative Makes Instant Impact|agency=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]|last=Kintisch|first=Eli|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061201062239/http://www.ujc.org/content_display.html?ArticleID=68298|archive-date=December 1, 2006 }}</ref> While working on the Clinton campaign, Emanuel was paid a retainer by the investment bank [[Goldman Sachs]].<ref name="WE">{{cite magazine |last1=Carney |first1=Timothy P. |date=November 20, 2008 |title=Goldman Sachs Will Be Sitting Pretty With Emanuel in the Obama White House |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/1108230/goldman-sachs-will-be-sitting-pretty-with-emanuel-in-the-obama-white-house/ |access-date=August 20, 2024 |magazine=[[The Washington Examiner]]}}</ref>