Posted on 03/04/2025 7:38:55 AM PST by Salman
Rahm Emanuel, a former Chicago mayor and most recently the U.S. ambassador to Japan, is not ruling out making another bid for the city’s top job or even seeking the Illinois governorship but stressed both the city and the Democratic Party in which he’s long been a leading voice have a lot of work to do.
Emanuel, who was mayor from 2011 to 2019 after serving two years as chief of staff to President Barack Obama, said Monday that the city will remain his home and that he wants to “take some time to think about what I’m going to do.” But he said he hoped “to be an instrument for the city’s growth and the state’s growth.”
Speaking before the Economic Club of Chicago in a downtown hotel ballroom packed with more than 600 people, Emanuel gave his stock answer to the question of whether he would try to make a mayoral comeback in 2027 amid widespread public disapproval over first-term Mayor Brandon Johnson’s chaotic tenure.
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They deserve him.
The voters in these cities need to WTFU and stop voting for democrats.
No! It needs an exorcism!
If he runs he wins.
I think I heard the last Republican mayor of Chicago was elected back in the 1920s?
So the voters choice will be among various Democrats.
Is there even a Republican party presence at all in the city of Chicago?
In 2011 the Illinois Supreme Court ruled he qualified as a Chicago resident because his wife left a wedding dress in the basement of their Chicago home, even though they hadn’t lived in the home for a year prior to the election, which is a requirement to run for office.
He started the decline.
The Clinton Machine is trying to get back in control.
It won’t work.
Rahm noodles with the idea.
More than likely he is running out of money.
With what the numbers the mayor has, anyone could win right now. This would be an excellent chance for a Republican.
Came back from Japan, and is now looking for another gig. These people can’t find a normal job on their own merit, but have to troll their political connections to procure another elected or appointed position. Always sucking off their crony friends.
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