Greg Sargent reports that, in a meeting with key liberal interest groups, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel went on quite the tirade, letting it be known just how he feels about progressive groups targeting House Blue Dogs and conservative Senate Democrats.
Among other things, he called them “fucking stupid.”
In the past, White House objections to infighting have been effective. And though a number of groups have insisted that they’re not changing their game plans, it’ll be interesting to see if the tone or intensity of these campaigns changes.