Rahm’s inner circle

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

This circle is indisputably dominated by campaign guru and former White House colleague David Axelrod, whose 30-year friendship with Emanuel makes him a combination father, older brother and campaign manager who serves as the mayor’s external political gut check. Axelrod helped convince Obama to hire Emanuel as White House chief of staff.

“He’s a good friend. But, I would say 95.99 percent of our conversation is about President Obama’s re-election. That’s much to my chagrin. I would like to talk about me,” Emanuel said, acknowledging that he talks to Axelrod three or four times a week.

The Chicago Way.