A minor quibble here: Birthed in the bosom of sleazy Chicago politics isn't quite accurate. He only arrived in Chicago when he was in his twenties. And we know he was a radical before that, going back at least to his undergrad days at Occidental. We're not sure where he was born (Kenya is my best guess) but it certainly wasn't in Chicago.
BTW, Blumenthal WAS Chicago born and bred, but he left Chicago to go to college in the East, and, as far as one can tell, has been based on the East Coast ever since.
I didn’t say he was BORN there——
I said his political career was birthed there.......as an adult.