Among Chicago's black voters, disenchantment grows with Mayor Emanuel

Reuters ^ | September 30, 2014 | BY MARY WISNIEWSKI

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Rahm Emanuel won election as mayor of Chicago three years ago in part because of his strength in the African-American community, but enough black voters have since soured on him that a black labor leader is emerging as a potential rival in the city's February election.

Emanuel easily won the majority of voters in every African-American ward in 2011 to become mayor of Chicago, the nation's third-largest city. Since then, a persistently high murder rate, the closing of 50 public schools and a sense that Emanuel is out of touch have hurt his position and invited a bid from Karen Lewis, president of Chicago's teachers' union.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

[Boogieman]

Karen Lewis is a joke, she can’t possibly win. The only reason she holds any position of power is because it’s in a progressive teacher’s union. In the real world, she’d be eaten alive.

[The Sons of Liberty]

Among Chicago's black voters, disenchantment grows with Mayor Emanuel

But, but, but Rahm (the devil's minion) was sent from "on high" by "The One" the antiCHRIST, caliph Hussein 0bama.

[rod1]

Apparently Rahm and Zero have both passed their sell-by date.

[rrrod]

Well I guess riots are next......

[Buckeye McFrog]

It ain’t good to be the white guy in charge when things start heading south...

[SoFloFreeper]

Sure.

[Red Badger]

She will win in a landslide............

[762X51]

This is nothing new. This is just the natural progression for a large metropolis. First a city flourishes due to capitalism, then the Communist parasites creep in, then they incrementally take over government, white flight happens, then the decaying ruins are left to the black radicals. Nothing to see here folks. This is just the white Communist to black Communist phase of the transition.

[Zenjitsuman]

Chicago has a big Black Muslim population and they don’t need much to turn on a Jewish Mayor. Also, AA are the most antisemitic voting group {excluding Muslims}

[ChildOfThe60s]

This is just the white Communist to black Communist phase of the transition.

Simple, and yet profound, my friend

[BitWielder1]

Progressives are doing great when promising free stuff and blaming others.
Dealing with real life problems, running a city or a country, not so much.

[JLAGRAYFOX]

The real problem for “all” African-Americans is none other then Barack Hussein (Muslim Brotherhood Adoree) Obama!!! Ya can lead a horse to water...but you cannot make him drink!!! American Blacks will remain adrift-at-sea-without-a-paddle, until they realize that Obama & his CBC are not their friends, no allies!!!

[Red Badger]

Rahm will have to open the flood gates to the freebies if he wants re-election............

[afraidfortherepublic]

I’m white, and I don’t much like his brother, Zeke.

[Piranha]

I had thought that Emanuel couldn’t possibly win. For that matter, that’s what I thought about Obama.

[Chgogal]

I hope the blacks will consider her a joke. But blacks vote skin color. Remember that Obama never had a real job until POTUS and he was elected and reelected.

[mrsmel]

Yep, the Detroitization of another large American city.

[all the best]

Disenchanted? If you are looking for someone to fix your life for you, you will always eventually become disenchanted.

[bgill]

Emanuel easily won the majority of voters in every African-American ward in 2011

And the results next time will insure he remains seated.