BB,
You forget that as you’ve said before, the Daley family has a history of party switching when convenient when it benefitted them.
If Meeks runs, the Pubbies should back him, IMO. If Meeks doesn’t run, the Republicans could use the candidate to build the organization that is lacking so that they take a couple aldermanic seats and have more strength in 2012 countywide and statewide races. So then the question is which candidate for mayor would be best to advance the team? Gidwitz has that ability. If the Republicans can find attractive, articulate candidates for alderman then Gidwitz can stand behind them and let them speak. He won’t win. But the team will win a couple and build for next year.
I hope we run some good candidates for Alderman. There are several wards that vote Republican or barley rat when a Republican is winning statewide.
If Doherty wins his leg race and leaves his ward it’s no guarantee we’d hold it. A “conservative” rat held it before Doherty beat him. (the late Roman Pucinski). I hope we have a successor lined up.