Rambling Reporter

WME's Political Debate: Ari Emanuel's WME not only got his brother Rahm Emanuel and Karl Rove in the same place at its annual agency retreat Jan. 11 to 13 at La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif. -- they got them to engage in a 75-minute debate. Moderated by PBS' Need to Know host Jeff Greenfield, "it was very heated," according to an insider. WME declined comment on the chat. THR also hears the getaway boasted a passel of other heavyweight panelists including Al Gore, former Google chief Eric Schmidt, former Morgan Stanley head John Mack, former White House counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke, Michael Milken and Napster co-founder Sean Parker.