From the Los Angeles Times:

“He’s apologized for using the word ‘retarded,’ but Obama’s chief of staff, once seen as the perfect strategist for the job, has become a target of criticism as the White House’s agenda lags.”

Peter Nicholas and Christi Parsons report that Emanuel’s apology to disability rights advocates was designed to tamp down criticism, but appears not to have done so. Emanuel, they say, has become a magnet for criticism, and White House officials are now denying that he has plans to leave.

An excerpt:

David Axelrod, the president’s senior advisor, said in an interview: “He’s learned something from that — that words can be hurtful. And you have to be thoughtful about how you use them.”

Axelrod’s daughter has a developmental disability. Lauren Axelrod, 27, suffered irreversible brain damage after nearly two decades of epileptic seizures.

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