Rahm Emanuel, aka “Rahmbo,” is notorious for being a perpetrator of Saul Alinsky-style politics.

Reports have surfaced about Emanuel’s unique way of throwing his weight around.

Among the current chief of staff’s reported power plays are:

• Mailing a rotten fish to a former co-worker after the two parted ways
  

• Celebrating the night after the 1996 election by grabbing a steak knife, rattling off a list of enemies and shouting the words “Dead! . . . Dead! . . .   Dead!” while plunging the blade into the table after each name
  

• With Bill Clinton present, screaming “Don't f*** this up!” in Tony Blair's face prior to a Blair speech delivery
  

• Cracking his knuckles, and after repeatedly being asked by President Obama to stop, cracking his knuckles right into Obama’s ear (which took place at a meeting in the Cabinet room attended by Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, other Cabinet members, and senior White House staff)

The bare knuckles brand of Emanuel politics is all over the pork-a-plenty bill via paybacks. Other examples include the appointment of Republican Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire to head the Commerce Department, which all but guarantees an additional Dem Senate seat in 2010, and the decision to place the U.S. Census Bureau under White House control to gerrymander House districts.

Back in 1996, HBO produced a biopic of the Russian monk Rasputin, which starred Alan Rickman and Greta Scacchi. The so-called mad monk is known for his extraordinary influence over Czar Nicholas II.

Looks like D.C.’s got a follow-up film taking shape, “Rasputin, the Sequel.”