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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

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Posted at 8:22 AM ET, 01/25/2011

Obama believes Rahm Emanuel can run for mayor

By Emi Kolawole
Updated 1:11p.m.:
The Illinois Supreme Court has issued a stay on the appellate court decision to remove Rahm Emanuel's name from the Chicago mayoral ballot. The state's high court has also instructed that
Emanuel's name continue to be printed on the ballots while they take up his motion for an appeal.
-- Aaron Blake & Emi Kolawole
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White House senior adviser Valerie Jarret appeared on ABC's "Good Morning America" Tuesday with some insight as to where the president stands regarding his former chief of staff Rahm Emanuel's having been booted from the Chicago mayoral ticket by an appellate court ruling.
"I think that he believes that he is eligible, and that he believes that Rahm will pursue his appeal in the courts," Jarrett said.
An Illinois appellate court ruled Monday that Rahm Emanuel cannot run for mayor of Chicago, a decision that shocked the city's political establishment and triggered a rapid appeal from the former White House chief of staff to the state Supreme Court.
Watch Emanuel's Monday press conference regarding the court's ruling:

(h/t The Hill)

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