Rahm Emanuel announces he's not running for Chicago mayor reelection

abc7chicago.com ^ | September 4, 2018

[rdl6989]

So what does this REALLY mean?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

It means he knows he’d lose.

[OKSooner]

“Well... ‘bye.”

[rdl6989]

I just wonder if he’s planning to run for higher office?

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Why? He’s doing such a bang-up job.

[RinaseaofDs]

This is huge. If he ran, he’d win. If he’s not running, then he’s afraid to run for one reason or another.

[abb]

He’s totally incompetent, and he figured it out. Quite out of character for a Marxist.

[HamiltonJay]

It means he eff’d up so bad even the Chicago machine can’t get him re-elected.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The easiest way to get a job is to already have a job.

[dfwgator]

“Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.”

[Georgia Girl 2]

They always do that if they think they will lose.

[rdl6989]

Nice play on words.

[Red Badger]

It means he moving to a country that doesn’t have extradition treaties with the US.............

[sitetest]

Maybe he’s stolen enough money, he figures he doesn’t need the headaches anymore. A couple of terms in the US Senate could be a welcome respite.

[b4its2late]

Clinton suck up. Been a dirtbag a long time. Good riddance.

[Obadiah]

Poll numbers must still be in the flusher and show that he would never win any reelection.

I have talked to any number of random people from Chicago, some of whom are hardcore Democrats, they do not like Emanuel — at all! Almost certainly the guy could never win reelection.

[frank ballenger]

Post Office already lists 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for his change of address. Wherever that place is.

[nikos1121]

I think that this over all will be BAD, very BAD for home owners in Chicago, esp downtown.

I suspect you’ll have someone succeeding him like a Harold Washington type.

The city will remain democrat. There will again be a transfer of wealth. Taxes will go up even higher than they are now.

Chicago is a toilet, an absolute toilet. I left years ago, and sold property downtown, prime property last year.

It will be years and years before the city turns around.

[Buckeye McFrog]

So what does this REALLY mean?

Means being Mayor of Chicago has become a no-win scenario. The boat is going down, and he doesn't want his fingerprints anywhere near it when it does.

[frank ballenger]

Careful.
When you say “Bang-up job” in Chicago everybody slams themselves to the floor. Say effective job or something.

I heard in Detroit when people hear an explosive popping sound they don’t rush to the windows to see what happened, they hit the floor.