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For those intrigued by fusion of twitter and Rahm Emanuel's recent and successful quest for the top spot in Chicago, Dan Sinker's "The F***ing Epic Twitter Quest of @MayorEmanuel is available for pre-order.

The real Rahm Emanuel met up the other day with the fake Rahm, Columbia College professor Dan Sinker, the man behind the @mayoremanuel twitter feed. According to the Trib , Real Rahm was in good humor and Fake Rahm was more than a bit nervous: "Hi, honey, I'm home," the mayor-elect said as he extended his hand to Dan Sinker, the 36-year-old Columbia College journalism assistant professor whose @MayorEmanuel Twitter account became an online sensation before its anonymous author sent his protagonist into the cosmos the day after Emanuel was elected mayor. "Relax, man." "I am so not relaxed," Sinker said with a laugh, the cheeks above his pointy salt-and-pepper beard having turned beet-red. "You have tenure," Emanuel quipped. "Don't worry about it. I already called it in." Real Rahm also suggested that he'd hook up Sinker with his brother, an agent at William Morris, "so I can get my $5,000 back." When the la...

On Sunday, the NY Time reported that Rahm Emanuel, Obama's chief of staff, was going to be attending JP Morgan Chase's board meeting. Today, he's changed his mind . In a world where appearances mean so very much, having a key Obama operative hanging out with Jamie Dimon and the others who've profited so very nicely from the collapse of the economy might send a wrong signal. I'm left wondering what Rahm was going to be doing at the meeting. Perhaps asking for a refund? Suggesting that Chase share its profits with the middle class that's been royally screwed by the crisis? Or cementing the feel-good relationship between Washington and Wall Street? We'll never know for sure.