Old man Daley lived his entire life in Bridgeport, the quintessential blue-collar neighborhood. Little Richie moved to upscale Printers Row, but he was still a Chicago boy. Harold Washington, Bilandic, Byrne - they were all Chicagoans, whether you liked them or not.
Emanuel is a poser - his formative years were spent in the ‘burbs, and he’s lived most of his adult life in Washington. For what it’s done to the country Chicago probably deserves this jerk-off, but for the life of me I can’t see why they’d bother with a faux-Chicagoan when there a so many corrupt authentic ones they could choose from.
They can make an issue of his lack of Chicago ‘roots’, but not his residency: all he has to do is have an address in Chicago even one day before the election, and he’s legitimate on that level. But there is a pattern here, and it’s a Lefty pattern: both RFK and Hillary CLinton were badgered and questioned about ‘residency’, when they decided to run as Senator ‘from’ and ‘of’ New York, after they saw that as the best steppingstone to their ongoing political career. It’s a Lefty thing, and it’s pretty blatant.
Rahm’s not exactly jumping-off the Obama Titanic with any significant battle medals, or with any fond farewells either. In fact, you can check out the looney bin at DU and see that he’s not the most admired looney out there.
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.