Rahm in Chicago...what are the stakes?

[Anonymous]

I've been trying to control my curiosity, but I give up: Who is the guy in the OP's top photo?

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:I've been trying to control my curiosity, but I give up: Who is the guy in the OP's top photo?

Niccolo Machiavelli

(I had no idea, but cheated and looked at the URL of the picture).

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:...(I had no idea, but cheated and looked at the URL of the picture).

That's not cheating, it's what I'm kicking myself for not thinking of doing! Thanks, Jeff; I should have thought of Machiavelli when I read "Over all, Rahm is a warmhearted Machiavellian." in Brooks's column today (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/opinion/05brooks.html?hp).

[Anonymous]

BTW, don't they look a bit alike? Was that part of the reason OP posted the pic?

[Anonymous]

That is historical!