[SumProVita]

I vaguely remember another Chicago politician with the name Emil....someone who took bills away from the original sponsors in Illinois and gave them to Obama to make him look good. am I remembering correctly?

[jrooney]

I do not know.

[jennyjenny]

This guy?

http://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=1217

[cookcounty]

"I vaguely remember another Chicago politician with the name Emil...."

That would be Emil Jones, the Chicago Machine's point man in the Illinois Senate and Obama's mentor.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Interesting find! That would be Emil Jones, the Illinois State Senate leader!!!!!!

[Cicero]

Yes, I see others have beaten me to Emil Jones. Here’s the google summary of prominent articles when I searched for “Chigaco politician Emil”:

http://www.google.com/search?q=Chicago+politician+emil&rls=com.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7DKUS

[austinaero]

Emil Jones was Obama’s mentor in the state assembly.

[tiger640]

Yeah! Emil Jones.