WASHINGTON — When Heath Shuler, the former Washington Redskins quarterback, was thinking about running for Congress in 2006, he found he had a new best friend. Every time the phone rang, it seemed, it was Rahm Emanuel or someone Mr. Emanuel had told to call.
Probably 40 members of Congress called. Former President Bill Clinton called. He owed it to his country, they told him. “I was recruited by a lot of people in athletics from the collegiate level all the way to the N.F.L.,” Mr. Shuler recalled. “I’ve been recruited by the best. But nobody recruits as well as Rahm Emanuel does.”
Before there was Rahm Emanuel, the relentless White House chief of staff, there was Rahm Emanuel, the relentless House Democratic campaign strategist — and before there was the party victory in 2008, there was the takeover of 2006 that he orchestrated. A new documentary, premiering in Washington on Wednesday night, tells the inside story of the 2006 campaign that turned Congress over to the Democrats and, arguably, presaged Barack Obama’s capture of the White House two years later.
Probably 40 members of Congress called. Former President Bill Clinton called. He owed it to his country, they told him. “I was recruited by a lot of people in athletics from the collegiate level all the way to the N.F.L.,” Mr. Shuler recalled. “I’ve been recruited by the best. But nobody recruits as well as Rahm Emanuel does.”
Before there was Rahm Emanuel, the relentless White House chief of staff, there was Rahm Emanuel, the relentless House Democratic campaign strategist — and before there was the party victory in 2008, there was the takeover of 2006 that he orchestrated. A new documentary, premiering in Washington on Wednesday night, tells the inside story of the 2006 campaign that turned Congress over to the Democrats and, arguably, presaged Barack Obama’s capture of the White House two years later.
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