Rahm Emanuel: Obama’s chief of staff? November 6, 2008 by Jimin assignments, PortraitsLeave a Comment on Rahm Emanuel: Obama’s chief of staff? President elect-Obama has offered Illinois congressman Rahm Emanuel to be his White House chief of staff. Here’s an outtake from a shoot I did with Emanuel in 2004 for Esquire. Illinois Congressman Rahm Emanuel. Photo: Jim Newberry