Mayor Emanuel praises new job, cracks jokes in ‘GMA’ interview

LYNN SWEET blogs.suntimes.com/sweet Jun 2, 2011 02:11AM

Mayor Rahm Emanuel

Mayor Rahm Emanuel — in office since May 16 — did not slam shut the door on a 2016 White House run during an interview for ABC’s “Good Morning America” with his longtime friend George Stephanopoulos.

But he did rave about his current job, wisecracking: “It is the greatest — I joked — I said to [White House Chief of Staff] Bill Daley the other day, if I had known this was this great, I would have primaried Richie four years ago.”

At the end of the interview, Stephanopoulos said: “you know, if you do a good job here, a lot of Democrats are going to be talking about you to run for president in 2016.”

Said Emanuel, “I got a job to do here and that’s all I’m focused on.”

The interview was taped Tuesday in Emanuel’s City Hall office and broadcast on Wednesday.

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