Emmer manages GOP emotions as whip amid speculation about leadership ambitions

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) has a naturally blunt demeanor, but he says a softer touch is the key to wooing rambunctious members in the super-slim House Republican majority. “Human beings are very emotional animals. If you don’t manage the emotions, then you got cleanup to do,” Emmer said. That was the task ahead…