The Associated Press writes Obama's pick for chief of staff known as 'Rahmbo'. It has a lot of anecdotes but I didn't know this one:
"His brother Ari is a Hollywood agent and the inspiration for Ari Gold, the Type-A superagent on the HBO series 'Entourage.' The congressman himself has been cited as an inspiration for presidential aide Josh Lyman on the drama series 'The West Wing.'"
A few weeks ago Rolling Stone wrote about him in The Enforcer. It's mostly about his background and role as head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). It guess it was the source of the above quote, because it says:
"His older brother, Ezekiel, is a leading medical ethicist. His younger brother, Ari, is a Hollywood talent agent who served as the inspiration for Ari Gold, the fast-talking agent played by Jeremy Piven on HBO's hit series Entourage. (In a recent episode shot at a Lakers game, the lead actors sat in Ari Emanuel's $2,000 courtside seats.) "After about the sixth episode, I finally caught it," says Rahm, who himself was the model for the character Josh Lyman on The West Wing. "I called Ari the next day and said, 'Hey, I finally saw the show, and you know what? I like that guy better than I like you.'""
Update: Andrew Sullivan collects a few more opinions in Battering Rahm.
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