
Events that have transpired since the earlier interviews have been bolstering the credibility of the source. That's the good news. The bad news? The condition of the president's mental state appears to be coming more and more into question.
One of the themes in the interviews is that Rahm Emanuel was forced out after falling out of favor with Michelle Obama, Valerie Jarrett, and to perhaps a lesser extent David Axelrod. According to the insider, Michelle objected vehemently to Rahm's desire for the administration to drop the health care fight to focus on the economy. Obama's inner circle - according the insider - has basically been reduced to Michelle and Valerie.
Jarrett's leapfrogging over Emanuel to be so close to Obama may explain why Emanuel was so eager to make a deal with Blagojevich to get Jarrett Obama's old Senate seat.
h/t to Barrackaid 13