Rahm Emanuel, who was the second most powerful person in Washington just a few days ago, tried to make Chicago residents believe he was mingling with the communters on a Chicago Subway platform to kick off his mayoral campaign... however, an Emanuel spokeswoman, Lori Goldberg, confirms that the video itself was actually filmed in Washington, D.C., in the offices of AKPD media, the firm founded by David Axelrod. 

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