Rahm Emanuel: Coming soon to a bookstore remainders table near you

Everyone's favorite corporate Democrat, DCCC head and Illinois Congressman Rahm Emanuel, is apparently writing a book with fellow Clinton administration alum Bruce Reed.

According to the Chicago Tribune:

Emanuel's got some big ideas for saving Democratic Party

By Jeff Zeleny
Washington Bureau
Published March 23, 2006

WASHINGTON -- A book co-authored by Rep. Rahm Emanuel that lays out a broad set of ideas to revive the Democratic Party is scheduled to be released in the months leading up to the congressional elections in November.

Emanuel (D-Ill.), chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said the book would articulate forward-looking principles for the party. It is not intended to be a specific road map of the party's election strategy for winning the House and Senate, he said.

"It's not a campaign book," Emanuel said. "It has bigger ideas about policies and solutions to our problem."

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The book has been in the works for about a year, he said, and it is about two-thirds finished. The timing of publication--it is to be released in advance of the midterm elections--was by design.

Link to full article here.

Among the likely chapters:

• How To Destroy Grassroots Congressional Campaigns
  
• How To Suck Up To Corporate Donors While Ignoring Your Base
  
• Leadership: It's As Easy As Sticking Your Finger Into The Wind
  
• How To Sell Out The Middle Class By Caving To The Credit Card Industry
  
• How To Prolong An Unpopular, Costly, Deadly War

I'm sure Markos is quaking in his boots, worrying that this forthcoming page-turner will knock Crashing the Gate off the bestseller lists.