Posted on 10/01/2010 5:15:07 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
October 1, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- He has a national reputation, but does Rahm Emanuel have the local clout to get elected the next mayor of Chicago?
Emanuel is expected to unveil his plans Friday in Washington. The Associated Press, among others, is reporting that he will leave the White House to run for Chicago mayor.
"No one has told me they're going to be out there supporting Rahm Emanuel yet," said Joe Berrios, the Cook County Democratic Party chairman and candidate for assessor.
Berrios echoed a growing sentiment among party regulars that the residency problem facing Rahm Emanuel if he does run for mayor is more than just talk.
"I'm sure that the other candidates that are going to be running will be challenging his residency, so he has a lot of things to think about," said Berrios.
Emanuel is expected to return to Chicago during the weekend and begin a "listening tour" in neighborhoods on Monday.
"If he's going on a listening tour, that leads me to believe he's really not in touch with Chicago," said 9th Ward Alderman Anthony Beale Thursday night.
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who cares?
we can’t even find out if the poser in the white house went to school at Columbia—no one remembers him
he refuses to show the MOST BASIC of documents which all of us peons have to show to get a job or a driver’s license
Rahms residency don’t get distracted here. bam bam is the problem
sounds like this could be as big a bomb as that Olympics bid
Rahm would lose, but not because of Obama. Power in Chicago comes from being able to tap into a very tightly woven local political network. As they say in Chicago: "You ain't nobody nobody sent".
Nobody sent Rahm.
Rahm bringing millions of our dollars.
He’s expecting to get elected on the pure power of the Rat Machine.
At this late date, I don’t see how anybody can beat the Rat candidate because of this. If any Pubbie (or other-branded) candidate looked like heshe was getting close, they’d end up getting whacked.
he will be another system politician in Chicago.
Bring back meigs!
With Repubs doing well in the polling for Governor and Senator in Illinois, I think the Obama admin is panicked at the idea of what could happen if the Dems didn’t have a “made” wiseguy sitting in the Chicago mayor’s office. Lots of bodies to hide for Obama.
The equasion is backward....it should be:
the little tin god = rahm (nuance to be sure; but important)
Given that the little tin god is brain dead, bigoted, racially biased, islamic, muslim, anti-white, anti-rich, egotistic, self-centered, unable to reason, unable to think on (or off) his feet, narcissistic, anti-business, liberal, and progressive....he is now all that rahm trained him to be.
So...it is more likely correct to say the little tin god = rahm!
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