Rahm Emanuel's next (political) step

Can Rahm Emanuel get elected mayor of Chicago? Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images From almost the moment he took the job as chief of staff to President Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel has made clear that he wants to return to public office in the not-to-distant future. Emanuel, who left his Chicago-area congressional seat and his leadership position in the House to serve as Obama's chief adviser, went public with those intentions during an interview with PBS' Charlie Rose on Monday. "I hope Mayor Daley seeks re-election," Emanuel told Rose. "I will work and support him if he seeks reelection. But if Mayor Daley doesn't, one day I would like to run for mayor of the city of Chicago." That's a big "if" when it comes to Daley -- the iconic mayor of Chicago who was been in office since 1989 and later this year will break the record (held by