Rahm Emanuel Next Chief-of-Staff: Report

05 November 2008 @ 11:23 am EDT

President-elect Barack Obama has already begun shaping his White House cabinet, just hours after being elected the 44th president of the U.S.

President-elect Barack Obama has asked Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., seen here conferring with Obama in 2006, to serve as White House chief of staff. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Photo)

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According to ABC news source, Obama has offered the job of chief of staff to Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill.

Emmanuel, who served in Bill Clinton's administration, has not yet replied to the offer.

He was chairman of the Democratic campaign committee two years ago, when the party won a majority for the first time in more than decade. Emmanuel also served as senior adviser and fundraiser for Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley before joining the Clinton White House.

Obama made history last night by becoming the first African-American to win the White House with a landslide victory over Republican John McCain. The Illinois senator gained 338 electoral votes to McCain's 162, although three states -- Missouri, Indiana and North Carolina -- are too close to project.

Obama made his acceptance speech in Grant Park, Chicago where tens of thousands of supporters gathered there to greet him as the next president.

Watch the video of Obama's acceptance speech below: