Item: Obama meets with Lisa Madigan re the Senate seat. Response: So much for the notion that Obama (and Jarrett and Emanuel, who were also reported to be in on the meeting) would stay above the fray of Prairie State politics. Apparently Barack isn’t as down with his basketball buddy as he was back in ’06 … Continue reading »
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628,245.32 Reasons Gene Schulter is a Favorite to Replace Rahm
[A couple of readers, including James below, have pointed out that Schulter is limited in how he can use his funds; the money Feigenholtz raised last quarter has no such restrictions.] In an ongoing attempt to track the race to replace Rahm Emanuel in Illinois’ Fifth Congressional District, a look into who might have the … Continue reading »
Prairie State Politics Snapshot
After a holiday respite, local politics are heating up. More than two weeks after Obama’s resignation, Illinois still has only one Senator. Proving that “post-racial” does not apply in Chicago, a coalition of Black ministers and political and civic leaders called demanded that Gov. Blagojevich replace Obama with an African American. Rep. Bobby Rush (the … Continue reading »
The Race to Replace Rahmbo “Dissolving” into an Election
An update on the jockeying in Illinois’ 5th Congressional District: Mike Quigley, despite chatter that he might sit out, is in, as is Sara Feigenholtz. Names added to the lists develolped earlier include Frank Avila and Jay Paul Deranty; Tom Tunney and Deb Mell are likely out. Ald. Patrick O’Connor (via Steve Rhodes) thinks there … Continue reading »
18 Potential Candidates, and Counting, in Illinois’ 5th District
We don’t often witness an open Congressional seat in Chicago (was the last one the 4th District in 1992, won by Luis Gutierrez?), so it’s not surprising that nearly 20 names are being bandied about as potential candidates. (I mentioned the first 8 on Sunday.) Channel 2′s Mike Flannery threw out some additional names last … Continue reading »
Will Obama’s Windy City Vacuum be Filled by Nepotism?
As if this week hasn’t been exciting enough, political junkies here in Chicago have the added bonus of watching the domino effect of Obama’s victory. I took a first scan of potential Obama replacements in February, and still like Luis Gutierrez. Political secession in Illinois is usually kept in the family, and given the fact … Continue reading »
Handicapping a post-Daley 2011 Chicago Mayoral Race
As I mentioned on Twitter last week (and on this blog last year), I suffer from mayoral race envy, for I live in a town that hasn’t seen a competitive contest since Richard Daley was elected 19 years ago. This jealousy was only heightened by listening to the Guardian’s special Politics Weekly podcast on Boris … Continue reading »
Making Change
[from guest blogger JDL] Marshall Ganz, has written a nice piece on why Obama’s campaign is about more than the rhetoric of change and atonement. Ganz believes that Obama’s campaign marks one of the rare moments in history when the cultural and political landscapes are deeply transformed. “Deep change in the values that shape our … Continue reading »
