Oops — someone has caught Obama’s outgoing chief of staff and ongoing hatchet man, Rahm Emanuel, being a duplicitous politician! It’s not that bad, really; Rahmbo’s just talking about how he’s “glad to be home” in Chicago in this mayoral campaign video, but he actually filmed the spot in Washington. Nice try with the generic background shot, there, guy, but Politico scribe Ben Smith, for one, and Matt Drudge, for another, aren’t buying what you’re selling. –KA

ChicagoForRahm.com via Ben Smith in Politico:

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