Rahm Emanuel

AGE: 49
OCCUPATION: White House chief of staff
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0

PRO: The famously confrontational Chi-town operative is tasked with moving Obama's starry-eyed plans through Congress. After the stimulus? Health care and the deficit.

CON: With Obama still riding high in the polls, Rahm has become the right wingers' demonized Democrat of choice.

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