Posted on 02/22/2011 6:25:52 PM PST by Stayfrosty
(CNN) - Rahm Emanuel, the former chief of staff to President Barack Obama, won the Chicago mayoral election Tuesday, topping the 50% threshold to avoid a run-off vote, CNN projects.
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
I’d never heard that. Interesting!
Chicago will get what it deserves...they elect a socialist, rude, vulgar man they can expect the liked of the Daily crew or worse...
I used to enjoy going to Chicago with my mom when I was a kid. I wouldn’t go there for anything now.
What a non-story. Did anyone doubt Rahmbo would win?
I’m positively gobsmacked!!!
You’re so right, they lose .. they change the playing field. And that effort is newly reinvigorated:
Tom Golisano to Lead National Popular Vote Effort
5:27 AM, Feb 22, 2011
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Excerpt:
ALBANY — Tom Golisano, the three-time New York gubernatorial candidate and billionaire Rochester-area native, is becoming the spokesman for the National Popular Vote campaign, bankrolling an effort to get states to move to a popular-vote system for electing a president.
Golisano, the founder of Paychex Inc. in Penfield, Monroe County, will announce his role at a news conference in Washington D.C. today. The announcement comes on the same day his sale of the Buffalo Sabres, which he has owned since 2003, is set to become official, a deal worth a reported $189 million.
In an interview with Gannett’s Albany Bureau on Monday, Golisano said his role in the national push will be to meet with legislative leaders and governors across the country. The measure has already passed six states and is being actively considered in dozens of others.
Golisano wouldn’t say how much he is contributing financially to the effort, which will include an advertising and lobbying campaign, saying only “it’s not an inexpensive proposition.”
“The real essence of the issue is in a democracy the person that gets the most number of votes should win. And everybody’s vote should count equally,” Golisano said. “When you have the winner-take-all rule that you have in the Electoral College, all the votes don’t count equally. So that’s why I’m involved
http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/110466/1/Tom-Golisano-to-Lead-National-Popular-Vote-Effort
http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/110466/1/Tom-Golisano-to-Lead-National-Popular-Vote-Effort
Of course he did. With all those Democrat legislators for Wisconsin and Indiana in town, he was a shoe-in.
“WON the Chicago mayoral election...”
No......he BOUGHT the election.
After the law was thrown out (residency), the outcome was never in doubt.
Hey - that rhymes!!!! ;-P
Wouldn’t you just love to know all that went on in Mayor Daley’s decision making about stepping down. I hope he prepares a memoir (for posthumous publication?) that gives the unvarnished version. But I’m not holding my breath.
Thanks Stayfrosty. He and his boss— serving in office despite ineligibility.
If we start electing Presidents by popular vote, this country is absolutely screwed.
It is probably a good idea to avoid showering at the Chicago city hall gym for a while.
Chicago is truly a criminal cesspool.
This news fully solidfies my beliefs.
Both.
Technically, this is the Democratic primary, but since there are no Republicans running, he also wins the general election.
Confirmation that Chicago is still a corrupt political machine and now they even own the Ill Supreme Court. These residents are no different than those in Libya and Egypt and beholden to those entitled to power.
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